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	Development of ICT infrastructure in Saarc region stressed -DAWN - National; December 2, 2003
		This is the third meeting of the Saarc technical committee on communication and transport.
		Saarc member states should also redouble their efforts to catch up with the comparable economies and increase their efforts to become meaningful ICT economic power, he said.
		Saarc Secretariat director P.B. Shah and Kumar Shrestha, special assistant to Saarc secretary-general, are also among the participants.
	www.dawn.com /2003/12/02/nat5.htm (540 words)

	The EU & South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) - Overview
		SAARC groups eight countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
		At the 13th SAARC Summit which was held on the 12th-13th November 2005 in Bangladesh, SAARC leaders agreed on the membership of Afghanistan and to discuss later about observer status to give to China and Japan.
		The Commission is currently designing a new, broader programme of cooperation with SAARC, which should notably seek to promote the harmonisation of standards; facilitate trade; raise awareness about the benefits of regional cooperation; and promote business networking in the SAARC area.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/saarc/intro/index.htm (332 words)

	The Hindu : Saving SAARC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The same call for the revision of the SAARC Charter, the same talk of the futility of the present arrangement, the same stress on resolution of the Kashmir issue as a prerequisite for normal economic dealings with India.
		SAARC had been subjected to heavy pressures from within from Pakistan all along and from India in the last four years.
		SAARC, according to India, could not be held hostage to the unreasonable demands of any one country and if this situation was not changed, there was no point in continuing with the association.
	www.hindu.com /2003/12/09/stories/2003120900981000.htm (1224 words)

	SAARC at Crossroads - Himal South Asia (May-June)
		While shaping the SAARC initiative during the early 1980s, it was assumed that by activating cooperative cultural identities and economic interests, political conflicts and tensions in South Asia could be moderated, if not completely eliminated.
		SAARC stands at a critical stage of its evolution where, given the right push, it can overcome past constraints and barriers to emerge as a dynamic factor in the peace and prosperity of more than a billion South Asians.
		The combined positive impact on SAARC of domestic economic and political liberalisation in South Asia and the global trend of expanding regionalism is evident.
	www.himalmag.com /97jun/saarc2.htm (1874 words)

	Statement by President of Maldives
		It is a matter of great satisfaction to all of us that the SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia and the SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution are to be signed today.
		I believe that SAARC as an organisation must be able to support the efforts of its member states in the international arena to obtain a better deal for our peoples.
		Indeed, SAARC was to be built not on virgin land, but on terrain that had been scarred by poverty, war, terrorism and mistrust.
	www.rss.com.np /saarc/state_mal.html (1674 words)

	SAARC NEWSLETTER, VOL.IX, NO.11 NOVEMBER 1998
		SAARC Environment Ministers who met in Colombo from 30 October to 1 November 1998 for their fourth annual Conference under the chairmanship of Nandimithra Ekanayake, MP, Minister of Environment and Forestry of Sri Lanka adopted a common environment programme for the region as a follow up on the SAARC Action Plan on the Environment.
		She underscored the fact that SAARC region, which is home for nearly one fifth of the world population, was confronted with worsening poverty, ill health, illiteracy, social instability and continued degradation of the environment.
		The SAARC Action Plan on the Environment was examined in detail at the third meeting of the Technical Committee on Environment and Meteorology, which met on Oct 14-16, 1998 at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu.
	www.south-asia.com /saarc/nov98.htm (1711 words)

	SAARC Summit Bangladesh
		As SAARC enters its third decade, an important milestone in the life of the Association, it is appropriate that we attempt to delineate its future contours in a collective "Vision for South Asia ".
		At the Male Summit I used the metaphor that SAARC is tree which had taken deep root in the region with its branches extending to a multitude of activities.
		The SAARC Charter, which is the Constitution of our Association, commits our peoples and Governments to work together towards finding solutions to our common problems in a spirit of amity and cooperation based on mutual respect, equity and shared benefits.
	www.mofa.gov.bd /13saarcsummit/srilanka.html (2656 words)

	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
		SAARC is a manifestation of the determination of the peoples of South Asia to work together towards finding solutions to their common problems in a spirit of friendship, trust and understanding and to create an order based on mutual respect, equity and shared benefits.
		A SAARC Environment Ministers Conference was held in New Delhi in April 1992 to evolve a joint position on the issues related to the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
		SAARC has recognised the serious threat faced by certain groups of Girl Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances (GCEDC) and decided that an urgent appraisal of the situation of these children be undertaken and presented to the Ninth SAARC Summit.
	www.itcilo.it /english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/blokit/saarc.htm (9683 words)

	Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
		SAARC's strength lies in striving to achieve what is attainable, to advance cooperation wherever possible and to concentrate on what unites rather than what divides us.
		SAARC's pledge to eradicate poverty by the year 2002 is unlikely.
		Underpinning it are certain key perceptions‑that poverty reduction is the center‑piece of development; that the poor are efficient ‑and that though economic growth is essential to reduce poverty the pattern of growth is as important as its rate.
	www.rss.com.np /saarc/state_ban.htm (1318 words)

	South Asia Foundation: Documents on South Asia
		A consensus on poverty eradication was adopted at the Seventh SAARC Summit (Dhaka, 1993).
		The SAARC Chairs, Fellowships and Scholarships Scheme was instituted with the aim of providing increased cross-fertilization of ideas through greater interaction among students, scholars and academics in the SAARC Countries.
		SAARC has emphasized the need for strengthening intergovernmental efforts with increased peopletopeople contacts through greater participation of NGOs, including professional bodies in the private sector, to promote socio-economic and cultural development of South Asia.
	www.southasiafoundation.org /saf/safdic/documents/GovCoopSAARC.htm (2599 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Let's give Saarc a decent burial
		Saarc has not been able to achieve any of its objectives.
		If you look at Saarc's history, in the first ten years of Saarc, there was no emphasis on economic cooperation because none of the countries was going ahead with economic reforms.
		I've written quite strongly sometimes that Saarc is already dead.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /022004/saarc.htm (1696 words)

	Kabul’s Saarc bid supported -DAWN - Top Stories; November 10, 2005
		He claimed that Saarc’s profile had enhanced internationally and the decision taken at the 12th Saarc summit in Islamabad had opened new avenues and chartered new horizons for promoting peace and prosperity of the people of South Asia.
		The Saarc council of ministers would also be discussing matters relating to regional cooperation in new areas, including energy, environment and tourism.
		Saarc, he said, was moving towards regional project cooperation.
	www.dawn.com /2005/11/10/top4.htm (698 words)

	GEN 32 - SAARC Meeting Pledges to Fight Poverty
		(SAARC) ended their two-day meeting on Wednesday with a pledge to increase cooperation in eradicating poverty and illiteracy from the region, reports The Associated Press of Pakistan.
		The SAARC secretary-general expressed hope that the goal of free-trade in South Asia would be achieved by the set date of January 2006.
		He informed the meeting that the SAARC Secretariat has prepared a concept paper on the establishment of the SAARC Poverty Alleviation Fund (SPAF) that was proposed by India during the 12th Summit at Islamabad earlier this year.
	www.coe.int /t/e/north%2Dsouth_centre/programmes/3_global_education/g_ge_newsletter/2004/1GEN%2032%20-%20SAARC%20Meeting%20Pledges%20to%20Fight%20Poverty.asp (692 words)

	..:: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ::..
		Pursuant to the decision of the Ninth Summit, the SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements on the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia was signed in January 2002 during the Eleventh Summit in Kathmandu.
		In 1995, the SAARC Youth Resolution was adopted to advance the overall development of Youth in the region.
		Under the SAARC Social Charter, the Member States agreed to establish the Youth Volunteers Programme, under which volunteers from one country would be able to work in other countries in the social fields.
	www.saarc-sec.org /main.php?t=2.8.2 (695 words)

	Peace Process of Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		SAARC has during its relatively short existence traversed a difficult path, seeking its way through the thickets of intra-regional and bilateral tensions.
		Sri Lanka’s proposal to the Kathmandu Summit to draft an Additional Protocol to the SAARC Convention on Suppression of Terrorism, with the purpose of incorporating these new obligations will be realized with the adoption of the Additional Protocol at this Summit.
		I truly believe that today SAARC has arrived at the threshold of effective action for the realization of the dreams and aspirations of our peoples for collective action towards achieving freedom from poverty, from ignorance, underdevelopment and perhaps from constant conflict.
	www.peaceinsrilanka.org /insidepages/Archive/January/PreatSAARC.asp (2596 words)

	SJIR: SAARC: Ineffective in Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia
		SAARC, however, is likely to play only a limited role in that future because of India’s considerable position of power over the other SAARC states.
		SAARC has been criticized by the public for only reaching agreements on the lowest level of cooperation among states instead of pushing for cooperation that would actually benefit South Asia.
		SAARC is still a valuable forum for political dialogue in South Asia, but its economic role in the region has been mitigated by conflict and tension among its member states.
	www.stanford.edu /group/sjir/7.1.03_thapar.html (3077 words)

	SAARC
		SAARC Summit is scheduled to be held in Pakistan in early 2003.
		SAARC Summit yesterday in Kathmandu as the outgoing Chairperson.
		The SAARC Summit scheduled to begin Friday afternoon, was postponed till Saturday due to the delay in the arrival of Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf.
	www.priu.gov.lk /SAARC2002/index_saarc_summit_2002.htm (1233 words)

	Prime Minister of Nepal Surya Bahadur Thapa's statement at the 12th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 4, ...
		After the assumption of the chair, we actively pursued the issues and agenda of regional cooperation as envisioned in the Declaration of the Eleventh SAARC Summit held in Kathmandu in January 2002.
		Nepal hosted the inter-summit session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in August 2002, preceded by the regular session of the Standing Committee.
		SAARC common positions were evolved before the World Food Summit in Rome, World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, WTO Ministerial Meetings and the World Summit on Information Society held in Geneva last month.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/nepal/document/papers/SAARC_pak.htm (2004 words)

	SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre (STC)
		SAARC is a manifestation of the determination of the people of South Asia to work together towards finding solutions to their common problems in a sprit of friendship, trust and understanding and to create an order based on mutual respect, equity and shared benefits.
		STC is one of the Regional Centers of SAARC working for prevention and control of TB and HIV/AIDS in the Region by coordinating the efforts of the national Tuberculosis Control Programmes (NTPs) and National AIDS Control Programmes (NACPs) of Member States.
		SAARC Regional Training on Leadership and Strategic Management in TB and HIV/AIDS Control.
	www.saarctb.com.np (139 words)

	Declaration of the Ninth SAARC Summit
		This Group, to which the SAARC Secretary-General will be invited, will undertake a comprehensive appraisal of SAARC, and identify measures including mechanisms to further vitalise and enhance the effectiveness of the Association in achieving its objectives.
		They observed that SAARC Chairs, Fellowships and Scholarships Scheme should be increasingly used to facilitate greater interaction among students, scholars and academics in the region.
		The Heads of State or Government agreed that the SAARC countries possess enormous tourism potential that should be properly utilised for the benefit of the people of the region.
	www.itcilo.it /english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/blokit/saarcd.htm (4263 words)

	The Hindu : SAARC: a slow boat to nowhere?
		The story of the 11th SAARC Summit is unlikely to be very different from that of the 10th summit in Colombo in July 1998.
		In 1998 too, everyone was pleased that the SAARC summit took place despite the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests that May. If worries about a nuclear flashpoint dominated the region then, those have become a reality now.
		This SAARC summit takes place amidst a looming prospect of a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that could escalate to the nuclear level.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2002/01/03/stories/2002010301221000.htm (1302 words)

	11th SAARC Summit Declaration
		The Heads of State or Government welcomed the signing of the SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution and expressed their collective resolve to treat trafficking in women and children for the commercial sexual exploitation as a criminal offence of a serious nature.
		They also welcomed the signing of the SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia and observed that the Convention reflected their commitment to place the child first in the national and regional programs of the Member States.
		The Heads of State or Government reaffirmed their commitment to SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism, which, among others, recognizes the seriousness of the problem of terrorism as it affects the security, stability, and development of the region.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/southasia/documents/papers/SAARC11.htm (4117 words)

	proposed amendments to SAARC trafficking laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		We applaud and support the initiatives of the SAARC governments to address the issue of trafficking by formulating a SARRC Regional Convention, thereby pledging to coordinate their efforts to take effective measures to address this problem.
		SAARC Summit in 1997, the Technical Committee on Women and Development has prepared a draft of the SAARC Convention on Trafficking.
		The SAARC draft Convention reflects the lobbying efforts of these groups and an intensely debated plan of action by the Member States of the SAARC region.
	www.hsph.harvard.edu /Organizations/healthnet/SAsia/repro2/SAARC.htm (1133 words)

	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
		The Third Meeting of SAARC Environment Ministers was held in Maldives in October 1997 to consider the recommendations of the two SAARC Studies on Causes and Consequences of Natural Disasters and the Greenhouse Effect and its Impact on the Region.
		A SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme was initiated in 1988 with a view to promote closer and frequent contacts among the people of the SAARC region which became operational from March 1, 1992.
		SAARC is a young regional organisation, and, as its members, we have taken a conscious decision to exclude bilateral and contentious issues from its scope and to move forward at a pace comfortable to all.
	www.indianembassy.org /South_Asia/SAARC/saarc.htm (2219 words)

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