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RESOLUTION WORLD SIKH CONVENTION 1 . After a whole day of presentations and discussions arranged by three major Sikh Organisations – Kendri Sri Guru Singh Sabha, International Sikh Confederation and Institute of Sikh Studies – with the support from Sant Mahapurshes and Heads of Deras in Punjab, have decided to declare war on drugs, female foeticide, discrimination regarding caste and creed and farmers suicide. The Convention also considered ways to preserve and enhance Sikh Identity and care for orphans and neglected children. 2 . This August Body thereafter unanimously passes the following Resolution: - Drug addiction has assumed serious proportions in Punjab. We need to launch a coordinated effort in the areas of influence of Mahapurshes gathered here today. We need to talk to Sikh gatherings in various Gurudwaras in our rural and urban areas and stress the evil effects of drugs. Youth should be particularly targeted. The gathering also decided to open efficiently run De-addiction Centres in their respective localities in co-ordination with NGO’s present in the area. We need to send trained preachers to Schools and Colleges to prevent our youth from addiction to drugs. We must pressure our Government not to establish anymore liquor shops. All private sales of liquor and drugs must by law be closed down. The menace of female foeticide too needs to be incorporated in the above effort. Any case detected should be advertised and reported for strict action. The August gathering also denounced distinction of caste and creed in Sikh society especially in our Gurudwaras as the Sikh Gurus were for a castless and classless society. A concerted effort will be made by means of monthly regular parchars in village and city Gurudwaras to protect Sikh identity. Sikh Youth will be persuaded to follow Sikh tenets in totality. Orphans and destitute Sikh children must be taken care of by our NGO’s and Gurudwaras. Their education must be fully supported and ensured. We request all Sikh Organisations to join this effort whole heartedly. The August body calls on the three Sikh Organisations who organised this Convention to fully co-ordinate efforts in this regard in each district of Punjab. They should regularly visit and monitor work being done in villages to tackle these five evils. Full help must be ensured to our effort by the SGPC and the Punjab Government. Maximum Sikh NRI’s the world over must be invited to join us in this noble cause of lifting Punjab and Sikhs to high levels of Sikhism. Finally the gathering whole heartedly praises the effort of the Organisers in launching a united effort in these five vital spheres. These efforts must be pursued relentlessly. Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh |
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