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2. SAARC
SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

3. AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
INDIA
MALDIVES
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA

4. INTRODUCTION
SAARC is an eco-political organization of 8 South Asian nations, which was established on 8 December
1985 for friendship and cooperation among themselves and with other developing countries.
SAARC was founded in Dhaka in 1985. Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu. The
organization promotes development of economic and regional integration. It launched
the South Asian Free Trade Area in 2006. SAARC maintains permanent diplomatic relations
at the United Nation as an observer and has developed links with multilateral entities,
including the European Union.

5. FACTS AS OF 2015
•SAARC comprises
3% of the world's area,
21% of the world's population,
9.12% of the global economy, as of 2015,
Covering a population of more than 2 billion,
SAARC is the largest regional organization in the world.

6. HISTORY
Idea of regional cooperation in South Asia was discussed in at least three conferences:
1-the Asians Relations Conference in New Delhi in April 1947
2-the Baguio Conference in the Philippines in May 1950,
3-the Colombo Powers Conference in April 1954
The first concrete proposal for establishing a framework for regional cooperation in South Asia
was made by the late president of Bangladesh, Zia-ur-Rehman, on May 2, 1980.
Established on 8 December 1985.

7. PRINCIPLES
• Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, political equality and independence
of all members states.
• Non-interference in the internal matters.
• Cooperation for mutual benefit.
• All decisions to be taken unanimously.
• All bilateral issues to be kept aside and only multilateral issues to be discussed.

8. AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Welfare of the people of south Asia.
Economic growth, social progress and cultural development .
Strengthen selective self-reliance among the countries of south Asia.
Understanding and appreciation of one another's problems.
Strengthen cooperation among themselves as well as with other developing countries and international
and regional organizations
Maintain peace in the region.

9. POTENTIAL FUTURE MEMBERS
Myanmar has expressed interest in upgrading it's status from an
observer to a full member of SAARC.
Russia has expressed interest in becoming an observer of SAARC.
South Africa has participated in meetings.

10. Organizational Structure of SAARC

11. COUNCIL
At the top, there is the Council represented by the
heads of the government of the member countries.
The council is the apex policy making body.
It meets once in 2 years time.

12. COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
It is to assist the council.
It is represented by the foreign ministers of the member countries.
Its functions include:
oFormulation of policies
oReview of functioning
oDeciding new areas of cooperation
oChalk out additional mechanism
oDecide about general issues of common interests of the SAARC members.

13. STANDING COMMITTEE
It is comprised by the foreign secretarian of the member
government.
Its major functions are:
• To monitor and co-ordinate the programs
• To determine inter-sectored priorities
• To mobilize cooperation within and outside the region
• To deal with the modalities of financing.

14. PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
It consist of the senior official of the member governments.
Its functions include:
Scrutinizing the budget of the secretariat
Finalizing the annual schedule
External activities assigned by the standing Committee
Analyses the respects of the technical committee.

15. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
It consist of the represented of the member nations.
Its function are:
To formulate project and programmes
To monitor and execute the projects
To submit reports.
Cover Areas like Agriculture, Communication, Environment, Rural Development,
Health and Population, Science and Technology, Tourism and Transport

16. SECRETARIAT
The SAARC secretariat is located in Nepal.
The secretariat is headed by the secretary General appointed by the Council of Ministers.
Its function include:
Servicing the SAARC meetings
Coordination, execution and monitoring of SAARC activities
Works as communication link between the SAARC and other international
forums.

17. SAARC
Areas of Cooperation

18. Agriculture & Biotechnology
Trade & Finance
Education
Information , Communication & Media
Science & Technology
Energy & Environment
Tourism & Social Development
Culture
People-to-People Contacts

19. Trade & Finance
The acceleration of economic growth is a Charter objective of SAARC.
 Corporation in core areas of trade and finance b/w the SAARC members in 1991.
The following important processes of SAARC are promoting cooperation in the field of Trade,
Economy and Finance
Customs Cooperation
South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) (Custom Duties down to 20%)
SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)

20. POLITICAL ISSUES
• The dispute over Kashmir’s accession to India
has been standing in the way of the lasting peace
and prosperity of the Indian subcontinent as well
as SAARC.

21. Agreements, Declarations &
Conventions of SAARC

22. AGGREMENTS
 Agreement for establishment of SAARC Arbitration Council
 Final Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation
 Final Agreement on Customs Matters
 CHARTER OF SDF 31 July 2008
 Agreement on establishing the SAARC food bank
 Agreement on south Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)
 Agreement on the Establishment of South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO)
 Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation

23. DECLARATIONS
• Ministerial Declaration on Global Economic Crisis
• Colombo Statement on Children of South Asia
• Declaration on Cooperation in Combating Terroris
• Islamabad Declaration on Health, 2005
• Colombo Declaration on a Common Environment Program
• Common Position on Climate Change, Nov. 1998
• Rawalpindi Resolution on Children of South Asia, Aug. 1996
• New Delhi Declaration of Environment Ministers, Apr, 1997
• Declaration of Commerce Ministers May 1998

24. CONVENTIONS
• SAARC Convention on Combating and Prevention of Trafficking in Women and Children for
Prostitution
The purpose of this Convention is to effectively deal with the various aspects of prevention
and suppression of trafficking in women and children and to prevent the use of women
and children prostitution networks.
• Convention on Promotion of Welfare of Children
The purpose of this Convention is to promote cooperation amongst Member States so that
they take effective steps for the welfare of children.

25. Convention on Mutual Assistance on Criminal Matters and Suppression of Terrorism
The States Parties shall provide widest possible measures of mutual legal
assistance in criminal matters, namely investigations, prosecution and
resulting proceedings.
SAARC Convention Narcotics Drugs
Important steps have been taken to enforce the provisions of the Regional Convention on
Narcotic Drugs.

26. Successes and Failures

27. ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
SAPTA(SAARC preferential trading arrangement)was signed on 7 December, 1995
SAFTA(South Asian Free Trade Area) was signed in Islamabad in January 2004
SAARC chamber of commerce and industry (SCCI)
SAARC constitutes South Asian Development Fund(SADF)
Signed an agreement of mutual assistance.
Avoidance of double taxation were signed.

28. INTEGRATED PROGRAMME OF ACTION (IPA)
• Agriculture
• Rural development
• Science and technology
• Health
• Transport
• Sports
• Arts
• Culture and
• Population activities

29. LITERACY AND EDUCATION
• Till 2013 going to establish a common university for education in Delhi
• POVERTY ALLEVIATION
• Regional food security essence
• Promoted global objective of shelter for all.

30. TERRORISM AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
Convention on terrorism was signed in November,1987
SAARC convention on narcotic drugs signed on November, 1990
 SAARC terrorist offences monitoring desk(STOMD)
SAARC drug offences monitoring desk(SDOMD)

31. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT
• SAVE (SARRC Audio Visual Exchange) was implemented.
• Library of SAARC
• Talks between countries leads to the diffusion of tension

32. FALIURES OF SAARC
• India tries to dominate the function and activities of SAARC
• Large variety of different political system
• Large variety regional and cultural differences
• They lack financial resources and advance technologies
• Involvement of external actors

33. • Internal problems constituting social economic and
developmental and growth issues.
• Bilateral disputes and differences
• Food Security Reserve failed to meet the need of Bangladesh
• Suffers from an acute resource crunch

34. THANK YOU
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