The All India Federation of Schedule Castes/Tribes, Backwards and Employees Welfare Association, National Alliance of Women (NAWO), Women's Voice, Karnataka EKTA, the Global Council of Indian Christians, the Christian Conference of Asia and the National Council of Churches in India played an important role in planning this convention. The responsibility for the detailed planning was vested with the Programme Committee of the Peace Trust consisting of representatives of the three major faiths in the region - Hindus, Muslims and Christians.

There were around 200 delegates representing eleven States in India - Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu.

On Sunday, 27 August early morning at around 6:30 a.m. all the delegates gathered at the coast of the Arabian See for common worship. The rising sun, the cool breeze, the rugged rocks and the billowing waves reminded us of the beauty of God's creation, which is common to people of all Faiths. Silence was observed, bhajans were sung, portions from different scriptures were read, brief reflections were done by leaders of different faiths. In the end, all the members raised the hands holding some earth and pledged to shed off all that divides people and to stand together united to serve God's people.

A declaration known as Kanyakumari Declaration III was issued at the close of the convention. The declaration has two parts - the first part deals with the commitments on the part of the delegates for the promotion of peace and justice in the country and the second part is an appeal to the President of India.

We, the delegates of the Convention, declare that:

Humanism, love and compassion are the core values of all religions and hatred and violence are travesty of religions.
We commit ourselves to preserve, promote and defend the secular, pluralistic, socialist and democratic values of our Constitution.
We declare that India is a pluralistic country and that its multiculturalism and the identities of its people must be preserved and fostered at all cost.
We affirm the freedom of conscience to profess, practise and propagate one's own religion as guaranteed in the Constitution.
No inducement or coercion be used to bring pressure on people for conversion or reconversion.
We commit ourselves this day to come out of our ghetto living and to share the joys and sorrows of our neighbours, whichever caste, creed or ethnicity they may belong to.
We commit ourselves to eschew and counter violence, including the inherent structural violence in all its form and to adopt non-violent means in the struggle for Freedom, Peace and Justice.
We affirm that all differences can be resolved through mutual understanding and dialogue.
We commit ourselves to counter in thought, word, deed and collective actions the dangerous attempts to comunalise the society and polity.
We resolve to expose and contain the politics of hate propagated by majority or minority communalism.

To protect, preserve and defend our Indian constitution in its entirety as enunciated by its founding fathers.
To protect the pluralist tradition and the multi-cultural fabric of the country.
To take all measures to contain the politics of hate and misinformation resulting in divisive politics of setting one community against the others.
To stop communalisation of national institutions.
To stop communalisation of education, history, and the polity of the nation.
To constitute state Human Rights, Minorities and Women's commissions in all States with statutory powers, ensuring adequate representation to people's organisations and ensuring time-bound disposal of cases involved.
To bring to justice and take stringent action against those who incite and indulge in communal violence and riots.
To set up in all States courts on par with High Courts for time-bound, speedy disposal of cases.
To take special measures to protect women and children who are the worst hit victims of communal violence.
To sensitise and motivate enforcers of law to take effective and prompt action to prevent and contain communal violence. The public servants that fail in the above responsibility must be dealt with properly.
To guarantee safety and protection to those involved in the service of the poor and the marginalised.
To wean away the youth of this country from falling victims to communalisation. National politics must be geared towards generating enormous employment opportunities and to discard with policies such as globalisation, which have adverse effects.