Kathmandu: The Nepal office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung is organizing a one-day seminar today on “How to Improve the Draft of the SAARC social Charter and how to include Labor Rights”.

To recall, the tenth SAARC Summit held in Colombo in July 1998, the Heads of States adopted the decision to develop a Social Charter that “would focus on drawing up targets with a broad range to be achieved across the region in the areas of poverty eradication, population stabilization, the empowerment of women, youth mobilization, human resource development, the promotion of health and nutrition and protection of children.

The seminar expects discussion on whether such standards could be considered for the inclusion in the SAARC Social Charter or not.

Dr. D.R.Dahal is the coordinator of the FES sponsored seminar.