the heads of state reiterated their acute concern for the serious threat that the rising trend in drug abuses places for society and the homes and future of youth and youth , and for the destabilizing effects that legal use , production , trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs drugs compositions and drug - related offences have for the stricken countries of the south asian region .
The Heads of state expressed their deep concern at the fast and continuing degradation of the environment, including extensive destruction of forests, in the South Asian region.