the heads of state reiterated their intense concern for the serious implications that the rising trend in drug violence pose for societal and the rights and future of children and youth , and for the destabilizing effects that prohibited abuse , production , trafficking and distribution of drugs drugs stimulants narcotics and drug - based offences have for the affected peoples of the south eastern 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.