South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

...(OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). In 2009, Maldives hosted the 16th annual South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit. U.S. MALDIVIAN RELATIONS The United States has friendly relations with the Republic of...

In this article: Maldives, United States, Department of State, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Male, Islam, Sri Lanka, Maldivian Democratic Party, and International Monetary Fund

...performance management and e-governance. The meeting was attended by all the cabinet secretaries from the SAARC member states. SAARC is an economic and political organisation of eight South Asian nations -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh,...

In this article: New Delhi, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh

Prabhakar Sinha, TNN 14 November 2009, 12:11am IST KATHMANDU: Services market within the Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region could be liberalized. Trade ministers from Saarc countries have agreed to negotiate on...

In this article: India, Asean, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh

...those which could prove divisive, although political dialogue is often conducted on the margins of SAARC meetings. In 1993, India and its SAARC partners signed an agreement gradually to lower tariffs within the region. Forward movement in...

In this article: India, Bharatiya Janata Party, United States, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Manmohan Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Department of State

...focus on climate change at the next summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Bhutan, that is to host the SAARC Summit next April, agreed to place climate change on top of the agenda at the end of a four-day...

In this article: Climate change, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sheikh Hasina, Male, Dhaka, Thimphu, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

...to a global deal. Other regional agreements are in the offing. Members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) expect to finalize a regional environment treaty at their summit next year, and more than 30 African...

In this article: Climate change, Copenhagen, Global warming, China, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon dioxide, International Energy Agency, and United Nations

...a gap of 23 years, the Garden City was hosting a major international meet after the second South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit held in November 1986. (c) 2009 Published with permission from United News of India.

In this article: India, Russia, China, Asean, Climate change, and Wen Jiabao

...countries. " Obama urged to attend, push for a deal The two regional initiatives - the China-India MOU and the agreement among SAARC members - come at a time when the U.N.'s top climate official, Yvo De Boer, has started to dampen...

In this article: Barack Obama, Climate change, Copenhagen, China, U.N., India, Carbon dioxide, Hu Jintao, and Manmohan Singh

...of SAARC environment ministers here Tuesday. India will also pay $1 million to the SAARC forestry centre in Bhutan and another $1 million to the SAARC coastal zone management centre in the Maldives, India's Environment Minister Jairam...

In this article: India, Climate change, Jairam Ramesh, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Maldives

...peace festival, Sunday demanded the introduction of a common currency for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries on the lines of the European Union's euro. SAF member Madanjit Singh told reporters here:...

In this article: European Union, Unesco, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal