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What is

SAARC?

&

Who are its

members?


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Established on 8 December 1985.

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan,

and Sri Lanka formally adopted .

Its charter providing for the promotion of economic and

social progress, cultural development within the South Asia

region and also for friendship and cooperation with other

developing countries.

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The objectives and the aims of the Association as defined in theCharter are:

To promote the welfare of the people of South Asia and to

improve their quality of life;

To accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural

development in the region and to provide all individuals the

opportunity to live in dignity and to realize their full potential;

To promote and strengthen selective self-reliance among the

countries of South Asia;

Objectives Of SAARC


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To contribute to mutual trust, understanding and

appreciation of one another's problems;

To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in theeconomic, social, cultural, technical and scientific fields;

To strengthen cooperation with other developing countries;

To strengthen cooperation among themselves in

international forums on matters of common interest; and

To cooperate with international and regional organizations

with similar aims and purposes.

To maintain peace in the region

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The principles are as follows:

Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, political equalityand independence of all members states.

Non-interference in the internal matters is one of its objectives.

Cooperation for mutual benefit.

All decisions to be taken unanimously and need a quorum of all

eight members.

All bilateral issues to be kept aside and only

multilateral(involving many countries) issues to be discussed

without being prejudiced by bilateral issues.

Principles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation#Principles


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Council of Ministers consisting of the Foreign Ministers of theMember States established with the following functions:

Formulation of the policies of the ASSOCIATION

Review of the progress of cooperation under the ASSOCIATION

Decision on new areas of cooperation

Establishment of additional mechanism under the ASSOCIATION

as deemed necessary

Decision on other matters of general interest to the

ASSOCIATION.

The Council of Ministers meets twice a year. Extraordinary session of

the Council may be held by agreement among the Member State

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation#Council_Of_Ministers


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Agriculture and Rural

Biotechnology

Culture

Economic and trade Education

Energy

Environment Finance

Funding Mechanism

Information,Communication andMedia

People-to- Peoplecontacts

Poverty Alleviation

Science and Technology

Security aspects Social development

Tourism

http://saarc-sec.org/
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The main objectives of the SAARC Award are:

-to encourage individuals and organizations based in South Asia to undertake

programmes and activities complementing the efforts of SAARC

-to encourage individuals and organizations in South Asia contributing to the

improvement of the conditions of women and children

-to honour outstanding contributions and achievements of individuals and

organizations within the region in the fields of peace, development, poverty

alleviation, environment protection and regional cooperation making the SAARC

Award the most prestigious Award in the region; and

-to honour any other outstanding contributions and achievements, not covered

above, of individuals and organizations in the region.

The SAARC Award comprises of a gold medal, a letter of citation and cash prize

of US $ 25,000. http://saarc-sec.org/SAARC-Award/70/
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The SAARC Youth Awards Scheme was instituted in 1996 to provide

recognition to extraordinary young talents and encourage the overall

development of the youth in the region. The Scheme is also aimed at

encouraging the South Asian youth to excel in various fields and to realizetheir full potential.

The SAARC Youth Awards Scheme is open to nationals of SAARC Member

Countries, who are within the age group of 20-35 years at the time of

nomination. The Award consists of a citation in English; a Gold Medal; and

a cash prize of US$ 3000.

http://saarc-sec.org/SAARC-Youth-Award/71/


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