The Declaration agreed by participants from  the following SAARC countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka participated in a workshop on advocating for universal access to reproductive health services and commodity security, 28–30 July 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepal urges Ministers, parliamentarians, health programmes managers and others to: 

• devote sufficient priority, commitment and resources to interventions, policies and strategies for reducing maternal mortality;
• provide a separate annual incremental budget line for reproductive health within the health budget that adequately supports services, and strengthen national capacity in management and security of commodities;
• ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights, and research are integrated within national health strategies and action plans, to the fullest extent possible.

The full text of the Declaration in PDF format may be downloaded here.