The two day Fourth Ministerial Consultation meeting of Asian Labour sending countries under the Colombo Process hosted by Bangladesh concluded on Thursday with the adoption of the Dhaka Declaration. Addressing a press conference at the end of the two day deliberations, Bangladesh’s Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said that the Dhaka declaration was adopted with a consensus after two days of very fruitful discussions. The 11 member countries also adopted the operation modalities of the Colombo process forum with provision of holding the ministerial meeting after every two years. The Dhaka declaration puts forward 22- recommendations aimed at promoting Rights, Welfare and Dignity of workers, improving services and Capacity Building, tackling of emergency situations and Emerging Issues' and Enhanced Dialogue and Cooperation among the member states . The declaration calls for developing appropriate policy and institutional capacity to tackle emergency situations in destination countries. The member countries have also agreed to develop employment and labour market policies and formulate rules, regulations and procedures that are conducive to the pursuit of legal, humane and orderly labour migration. The declaration also says that migrant-inclusive health policies will be promoted and the specific needs of vulnerable groups of migrant workers, especially women, will be addressed. Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Mr. Vayalar Ravi represented India at the Colombo Process ministerial consultation meeting which included ministers from other Asian labour sending countries like Bangladesh, Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam .