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	South Asia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent.
		The peoples of the region possess several distinguishing features that set them apart anthropologically from the rest of Asia; the dominant peoples and cultures are Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, and have a greater affinity with Europe than with most other regions of Asia, excepting the Iranian Plateau and the Caucasus.
		The region was at its most prosperous before the 18th century, when the Mughal Empire held sway in the north; European colonialism led to a new conquering of the region, by Portugal and Holland, and later Britain and to a lesser degree France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Asian (411 words)

	Pakistan & South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally adopted on December 8, 1985 by the Heads of State of Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
		The primary objective of the Association was, therefore, in the words of its Charter, "to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia and to improve their quality of life".
		On the regional economic front Pakistan is committed to the liberalization of trade in the region under the Agreement on SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA).
	www.pakboi.gov.pk /I_Agreements/pakistan___south_asian_associa.html (777 words)

	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, proposed by Ziaur Rahman, the then-president of Bangladesh, was established on December 8, 1985.
		SAARC is an association of eight countries of South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and most recently admitted, Afghanistan.
		Nine years later, at the 12th SAARC summit at Islamabad, SAARC countries devised the South Asia Free Trade Agreement which created a framework for the establishment of a free trade zone covering 1.4 billion people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation (426 words)

	SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION (SAARC) - ASSOCIATION SUD-ASIATIQUE DE COOPERATION REGIONALE - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We in the SAARC region are convinced that hunger is not only debilitating but it is also destabilizing with serious implications for peace and the orderly progress of our national societies and the entire international community.
		I am pleased to inform that a meeting of the SAARC Agricultural Ministers was held in Islamabad, Pakistan in October 1996 to consider all the major issues before this Summit, and the meeting adopted a comprehensive resolution highlighting the common SAARC prospective on the issue of hunger and malnutrition.
		The SAARC countries have committed themselves to the eradication of poverty from the SAARC region preferably by the year 2002.
	www.fao.org /docrep/003/x0736m/rep2/saarc.htm (807 words)

	The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in South Asia
		To others, SAARC may not be a panacea to the region's problems, but its existence has certainly provided an opportunity for the policy makers, administrators, and experts to meet regularly and hold informal dialogues on important bilateral and regional issues.
		Second, the South Asian countries, with the exception of Sri Lanka, have a high rate of tariff and non-tariff barriers, which is the most important constraining factor for the expansion of intraregional trade.
		The SAARC leaders' renewed emphasis on increasing intraregional trade at three consecutive SAARC summit meetings (Colombo, 1991; Dhaka, 1993; and New Delhi, 1995), the ratification of SAPTA, and the discussion to create SAFTA in future are evidence of their growing willingness to enhance regional economic cooperation in South Asia.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/dash.htm (8477 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.
		The Group has recommended that regional economic integration is necessary and suggested a time bound plan which includes Negotiation of a Treaty for South Asian Free Trade Area by 1999 with implementation commencing immediately thereafter and stretching to 2008 for SAARC members and to 2010 for the SAARC LDCs.
		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)

	The EU & South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) - Overview
		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 EU values cooperation and regional integration efforts in South Asia, which are in the interest of all.
		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.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/saarc/intro (334 words)

	South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation
		December 1985, the Heads of State and Government of South Asia signed the Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the Dhaka Declaration to accelerate the process of economic and social development in South Asia through optimum utilization of human and material resources in the seven countries.
		The Fourteenth Anniversary of the Signing of the Charter establishing the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was marked at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu on December 8, 1999.
		SAARC Newsletter is a monthly publication which reports on work, decisions and important meetings of the Association.
	www.south-asia.com /saarc/newsletter13.htm (2322 words)

	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation - 1998-99
		The Tenth SAARC Summit in Colombo in July 1998 reaffirmed the desire of all SAARC leaders to strengthen cooperation in the region, particularly in the economic field.
		Cooperation in the core economic areas was further consolidated with the conclusion of the Third Round of SAPTA negotiations in November 1998.
		SAARC leaders at their meeting in Colombo directed that the Third Round of SAPTA negotiations should be concluded quickly and also directed that the Fourth Round of SAPTA negotiations should commence immediately thereafter, with the mandate of extending deeper tariff concessions to products which are being actively traded or are likely to be traded.
	indianembassy.org /policy/Foreign_Policy/FP_1999/SAARC_FP_98-99.html (4437 words)

	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
		The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
		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.
		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.org /english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/blokit/saarc.htm (9683 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is an association based on the consciousness that in an increasingly interdependent world, the objectives of peace, freedom, social justice and economic prosperity are best achieved in the South Asian region by fostering mutual understanding, good neighborly relations and meaningful cooperation among the member states which are bound by ties of history and culture.
		In August 1983, the foreign ministers from South Asia, at their first meeting in New Delhi, adopted the Declaration on South Asian Regional Cooperation and formally launched the Integrated Program of Action (IPA) initially in five agreed areas of cooperation, namely, agriculture; rural development; telecommunications; meteorology; and health and population Activities.
		The heads of state or government, at their first SAARC summit, held in Dhaka on 7-8 December 1985, adopted the charter formally establishing the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Jan04/05/05.html (385 words)

	Free Essay The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		From the start the scope of SAARC was reduced by the rule of unanimity, by the slowness and consultative nature of the procedures, by the decision to exclude areas of disagreement, and finally by the absence from the beginning of a free trade treaty or a preferential agreement.
		A draft Regional Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investment within the SAARC Region is under the consideration of Member States and is meant to create conditions favourable for promoting and protecting investments in Member States by investors from other Member States.
		South Asian foreign ministers signed a framework pact on a free-trade area on Tuesday, the final day of a summit that saw the first talks between India and Pakistan since 2001 and raised hopes for regional cooperation.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php?t=28007 (5536 words)

	Zoo Outreach Organisation - SAZARC
		The South Asian Zoo Association for Regional Cooperation (SAZARC)
		South Asia, with its often unstable climatic, geological, economic, bureaucratic and political scenario, is not an easy region in which to run zoos, which are sensitive institutions.
		The purpose of the regional and national associations is noble it is to improve communication and cooperation between zoos within the country, between zoos of the region and internationally as well as to set up standards for animal care, organize training in zoo management, etc.
	www.zooreach.org /SAZARC/SAZARC.htm (726 words)

	A/50/215-S/1995/475: India ltr of 8 June (Delhi Decl.) (12 June)
		The Heads of State or Government reaffirmed their resolve to intensify regional cooperation in order to accelerate the process of promoting the welfare and improving the quality of life of the peoples of South Asia.
		They recalled their conviction that in an increasingly interdependent world, regional cooperation was a dynamic instrument for promoting economic prosperity, mutual understanding and good neighbourly relations to achieve the objectives of peace and stability in South Asia.
		Noting that increased political and social consciousness in the region had highlighted the issues of elimination of gender-disparity and empowerment of women, which were essential for their socio-economic development, the Heads of State or Government underlined the urgency of addressing those issues through further affirmative action.
	www.un.org /documents/ga/docs/50/plenary/a50-215.htm (3945 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in her message on the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) stated that Sri Lanka is deeply committed to develop and strengthen the SAARC process.
		The past seventeen years have witnessed the steady growth of SAARC from an organization which focused on technical issues into one that is now negotiating a South Asian Free Trade Area.
		A number of SAARC Regional Centres have been established and are furthering regional cooperation in key areas.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/12/07/new20.html (381 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga who is also the Chairperson of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) issuing a statement yesterday said that the member States of SAARC will extend their fullest cooperation to the UN Security Council in implementing its important resolutions against terrorism.
		They include the need to suppress the financing of terrorists, to eliminate the supply of weapons on terrorists, to interdict the movement of terrorist groups across borders, to halt the cynical abuse of refugee, and asylum status, and the imperative for domestic legislative measures to deal with the extensive international terrorist networks.
		Within SAARC, Sri Lanka is seeking to render more effective the Regional Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism which entered into force in 1988.
	www.dailynews.lk /2001/10/31/new02.html (398 words)

	PolitInfo.com: Current Events January 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		South Korea's foreign minister Yoon Young-kwan resigns after a controversy in which his ministry was accused of diverging from the government's policy of increased independence from the United States.
		South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which comprises India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives, signs the South Asia Free Trade Agreement, a draft agreement to eliminate tariffs by 2016.
		South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, comprised of foreign ministers from seven south Asian countries (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan) meeting in Islamabad agree to create the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) by 2006.
	www.politinfo.com /current_events/january_2004.html (2348 words)

	AllRefer.com - India - Nonaligned Movement - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation \| Indian Information ...
		SAARC, which has a permanent secretariat in Kathmandu, is funded by voluntary contributions and operates on the principle of unanimity in decision making.
		Instead, SAARC programs exist in the areas of agriculture, rural development, transportation and telecommunications, meteorology, health and population control, postal services, science and technology, culture and sports, women in development, drug trafficking and abuse, and terrorism.
		Nonetheless, when SAARC's eighth summit was held in New Delhi in May 1995, the conferees declared their nations' commitment to eradicating poverty in South Asia by 2002.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/india/india182.html (1087 words)

	Delhi Declaration - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Recognizing the serious threat faced by certain groups of girl children in especially difficult circumstances including those orphaned, disabled and exploited, the leaders decided that an urgent appraisal of the situation of those children be undertaken by the Council of Minister and specific recommendations be presented to the ninth SAARC summit.
		The leaders noted that the Association for Persons of the Legal Communities of SAARC Countries (SAARCLAW) had been accorded recognition by SAARC.
		In that context, they reiterated their deep commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen the United Nations as the central instrument for peace, security, disarmament, development and cooperation among the nations of the world.
	www.logos-net.net /ilo/159_base/instr/saarc_001.htm (3875 words)

	State of the world's forests 1999 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The region's forest cover is relatively low (19 percent of total land area), but "trees outside the forest", particularly on agricultural land, are an important source of wood and non-wood forest products, notably in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and parts of India.
		Over 90 percent of all wood production is used as fuelwood and charcoal, three-quarters of which is consumed in India alone.
		SAARC accounts for 20 percent of the world production of fuelwood and charcoal.
	www.fao.org /docrep/W9950E/w9950e16.htm (159 words)

	Global Challenges \| UNAIDS, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Agree To Increase HIV/AIDS Prevention, ...
		UNAIDS and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to "mutually cooperate" to assist member countries in supporting HIV/AIDS prevention and care efforts and providing support for HIV-positive people and others affected by the disease,
		The agreement aims to address stigma and discrimination linked with HIV/AIDS and increase HIV care, treatment and prevention services, which are "significantly lacking" in the SAARC member countries, which include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, according to a UNAIDS release (UNAIDS release, 4/19).
		India, the largest country in the region, has four million HIV-positive people, more than any other country except South Africa, according to official estimates.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=23295 (225 words)

	CNN.com - Trade tops South Asian summit - Jul 20, 2004
		ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is set to open in Islamabad with economic cooperation topping the official agenda.
		The SAARC summit is expected to push for a free-trade pact between the seven-member nations as well as look at ways to reduce poverty among their combined 1.4 billion population.
		The SAARC bloc -- Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan -- was established 18 years ago to promote cooperation among its member states, but bitter feuding between India and Pakistan, the bloc's two main members, has undermined progress on most issues.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/20/saarc.meeting (368 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 163 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"The region has a large number of poor and Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman had dreamt of Saarc for socioeconomic emancipation of these people," she said during talks with the visiting Pakistan Prime Minister and current Chairperson of the Saarc Shaukat Aziz at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the afternoon.
		Khaleda said the Saarc member states could contribute to the common fund for which mechanisms can be discussed later on.
		Later talking to journalists, Shaukat Aziz said the Saarc is an important forum and there are two particular areas--one is expansion of trade through Safta in the region and the second is poverty alleviation--where the regional forum can keep significant contribution.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/11/04/d4110401022.htm (528 words)

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