Saarc nations urge greater coordination

Speakers at a conference in Kathmandu Tuesday urged leaders of the South Asian countries to reaffirm their commitments and pledges at the upcoming 18th SAARC summit, for a coordinated regional response to meet the interdependent challenges of climate change, disasters and food insecurity.
They said a coordinated regional response is a must to meet the challenges of climate change, disasters and food insecurity. Any delay in implementing the SAARC agreements would fail millions of South Asians to survive through hazardous impacts of climate change.
They were speaking at the concluding day of a two-day Regional Policy Forum on Disasters, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security jointly organised by Oxfam and its partners in Kathmandu, according to a news agency.