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About SAARC

What is SAARC?

·        South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

·        SAARC was established in 1985

·        Headquarter is in Kathmandu, Nepal.

·        Official Language: English

·        Present Secretary General: Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Nepal)

Members of SAARC

8 Members	9 Observers
Afghanistan	Australia
Bangladesh	China
Bhutan	European Union
India	Iran
Maldives	Japan
Nepal	Mauritius
Pakistan	Myanmar
Sri Lanka	South Korea
	USA

SAARC Institutions

• SAARC Agricultural Centre (SAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre (STAC), Kathmandu, Nepal
• SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC), New Delhi, India
• SAARC Human Resources Development Centre (SHRDC), Islamabad, Pakistan
• SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre (SCZMC), Maldives
• SAARC Information Centre (SIC), Nepal
• SAARC Energy Centre (SEC), Pakistan
• SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC), India
• SAARC Forestry Centre (SFC), Bhutan
• SAARC Cultural Centre (SCC), Sri Lanka

 

 SAARC Summits

#	Year	Host
01	1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh
02	1986	Bangalore, India
03	1987	Kathmandu, Nepal
04	1988	Islamabad, Nepal
05	1990	Male, Maldives
06	1991	Colombo, Sri Lanka
07	1993	Dhaka, Bangladesh
08	1995	New Delhi, India
09	1997	Male, Maldives
10	1998	Colombo, Sri Lanka
11	2002	Kathmandu, Nepal
12	2004	Islamabad, Pakistan
13	2005	Dhaka, Bangladesh
14	2007	New Delhi, India
15	2008	Colombo, Sri Lanka
16	2010	Thimphu, Bhutan
17	2011	Addu, Maldives
18	2014 (Nov 25)	Kathmandu, Nepal

SAARC Award

·        The Twelfth summit at Islamabad, proved the deeply rooted way of acting of the SAARC Award to great respect and support still waiting individuals and organisations within the part round.

·        The main ends of the SAARC Award are:

 * To support individuals and organisations based in South Asia to undertake programes and activities goings well together the efforts of SAARC

* To support individuals and organisations in South Asia sending in (writing) to the getting better of the conditions of women and children

 * To great respect still waiting contributions and things done of individuals and organisations within the field, range in the fields of peace, development, moneyless condition untroubling, general condition system of care for trade and partwise working together making the SAARC Award the most having respect Award in the field, range; and

 * To great respect any other still waiting contributions and things done, not covered over, of individuals and organisations in the part round.

·        The SAARC Award comprises a gold medal, a letter of citation and cash prize of US $ 25,000.

·        Since institution of SAARC Award in 2004, it has been awarded only once and the Award was posthumoulsy conferred upon Late President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh.

SAARC Literary Award

·        From 2001

·        Shamshur Rahman Faruqi, Mahasweta Devi, Jayanta Mahapatra, Mark Tully, Abhay K are some of the prominent recipients of this award.

SAARC Youth Award

·        The SAARC Youth Award is awarded to outstanding individuals from the SAARC region. The award is notable due to the recognition it gives to the Award winner in the SAARC region.

·        Recent winners:

Ø     2009: Outstanding contribution to humanitarian works in the aftermath of Natural Disasters – Ravikant Singh (India)

Ø     2010: Outstanding contribution for the Protection of Environment and mitigation of Climate Change – Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne (Sri Lanka)

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