South Asia has become a volatile region over the years. Both India and Pakistan have, for the last 62 years, seen many ups and downs in bilateral relationships and talk. They completed four rounds and fifth are in progress, but the entire scenario has been hijacked after the attack on Mumbai in November 2008. The dialogue is important because another war between two countries has to be avoided at all costs.

Before that due to the pressure from national and international community Indian Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Mr. Asif Ali Zardari met in Russia, and then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani met in Egypt. Here they signed a joint statement of Sir Creek, which set off huge controversy in India. Again they decided to meet during the United Nations General Assembly in September, 2009 in New York, but that could not break through. So there was an urgent need for peace movements, democratic minded citizens, political parties and progressive sections of the government of the two countries to come together to evolve an agenda and a road map for peace.

Normally single organization organized this kind of conference, but the uniqueness of this project was that various organizations like ANHAD, Centre for policy analysis, COVA, Focus on the Global South, SAHR, SAPA and HBS etc. came together to organize this event jointly in Delhi India. Mr. Kuldip Nayar was the Chairperson of the organizing committee.
Structure of conference documentation:

• Overall Objectives

          Concept note, latest programme, profile of speakers
 
          Conference minutes of each day

          Declaration: Road Map towards Peace

          Background Materials

• Media Coverage

          Indian Press
         
          Indian Express - Track II: Full steam ahead
          EconomicTimes -Yasin Malik warns risk of more Kashmir violence
          Hindu - Call to resume dialogue
          Hindu - Call to resume India-Pakistan talks
          Hindu - Yasin Malik sceptical of road map to bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir
          India Today_- Indo-Pak meet to focus on Kashmir
          South Asia Now - Peace conference for continuation of Indo-Pak dialouge
          Thaindian - Delhi meet moots South Asian news
          Thaindian - Pitching for Hind Pak Dosti
          Times of India - Track II Indo-Pak peace votaries to conference in Delhi

• Video

          Indo-Pak meet urges more dialogue:  
          Interview Gregor Enste 
          India, Pakistan hold peace conference