The South Asia Forum (SAF) regional preparatory consultation for the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents was convened – at Ministerial level – by the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare of the Government of Nepal on behalf of the South Asia Forum (a regional Ministerial level coordinating body of 8 South Asia countries) in partnership with the South Asia Coordinating Group on Action against Violence against Women and Children (SACG) which is currently Chaired by ECPAT International. The South Asia Regional Consultation had over 150 participants comprising of high level government officials from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, UN Agencies, NGOs, experts and children and young people. The Regional Consultation focused on the development of a common understanding on the concepts as well as on the challenges and progress in addressing SAF/SACG priority issues (such as Child Marriage, Child Trafficking and Physical and Psychological Punishment) for the region and their linkages to sexual exploitation of children and adolescents under the World Congress III thematic issues so that a collective formulation of the goals and targets could be identified and forwarded to the World Congress III against sexual exploitation with the endorsement of the SAARC governments and the SAARC Secretariat.