SAARC and

Nepal
Presented by Deena Tamang
Table of Content
Introduction
Members of SAARC
Why it is formed?
Objective SAARC
Structure of SAARC
Regional Centers
Nepal in SAARC
 Introduction
Full form of SAARC is
“The South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation”
 It was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985 by
Mr. Ziaur Rahman
Its headquarter is in Kathmandu, Nepal.
It is intergovernmental organization and geopolitical
union of states in South Asia.
Members of SAARC
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Why it is formed?
For enhancing regional cooperation
To accelerate growth
To promote economic and social
development.
Objective of SAARC

To contribute to develop mutual trust, understanding

and appreciation of one another’s problem
To promote active collaboration and mutual
assistance in the economic, 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
 To cooperate with international and regional
organizations with similar aims and purposes.
 Structure of SAARC
 Council
It is at the top represented by the head of
the government of the members of the
country and meets once in every 2 years
for making policy.
 Council of minister
It is to assist the council represented by
foreign minister of the member countries.
Programming committee
It consist of compromising the senior
officials meeting prior to the standing
committee sessions to secretariat budget.
Standing committee
It is comprised by the foreign secretariat of
the member government and entrusted with
overall monitoring and coordination of
progarm
Technical committee
It comprises representative of member
state and formulate programs and prepare
project at their respective fields.
Secretarial
It coordinates, executes and monitors all
the SAARC activities.
Former secretary Standing committee

Programming committee
SAARC summit
It meets in different member countries
according to the alphabetical order.
It helps in solving bilateral and regional
problems
It helps to bring countries closer
Regional Centers
Nepal in SAARC
It is the member of SAARC since it was
formed
Its declaration was signed by late king
Birendra Shah
It lies secretariat-general of SAARC
Importance
Economic development
Social development
Creation of good relationship with
neighboring countries
Agriculture and rural development
Promotion of tourism sectors
Infrastructure development
Activities of SAARC
Conclusion
Thank you
 References
http://nihcr.edu.pk/Latest_English_Journal/SAARC
_Jamshed_Iqbal.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asian_Associat
ion_for_Regional_Cooperation
http://saarc-sec.org/about-saarc
https://mofa.gov.np/nepal-and-saarc/