Question

Who float the idea for the creation of saarc?

Answer 1

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organizationand geopolitical union of nations in South Asia. Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC comprises 3% of the world's area, 21% of the world's population and 3.8% (US$2.9 trillion)[3]of the global economy, as of 2015.

South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Bengali:দক্ষিণ এশীয় আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থাDari:

اتحادیه همکاری‌های منطقه‌ای جنوب آسی

Dzongkha:༄ ལྷོ ཨེསིཨ་ རེ་གིཨོནལ་ ཅོཨོཔེརཏིཨོན་ ཀོ་མི་ཏི།Hindi:दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठनMaldivian:

ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެއްބާރުލުމުގެ ޖަމިއްޔާ

Nepali:दक्षिण एशियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठनPashto:

د سویلي اسیا لپاره د سیمه ایزی همکارۍ ټولنه

Sinhalese:දකුණු ආසියාතික කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානයTamil:தெற்காசிய நாடுகளின் பிராந்தியக் கூட்டமைப்புUrdu:

جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون کی تنظیم‬



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  Member states

  Observer states

HeadquartersKathmanduOfficial languagesEnglishDemonymSouth AsianMember states

8 members

 Afghanistan

 Bangladesh

 Bhutan

 India

 Maldives

    Nepal

 Pakistan

 Sri Lanka

9 observers

 Australia

 China

 EU

 Iran

 Japan

 Mauritius

 Myanmar

 South Korea

 United States

Leaders

• Secretary-General

 Amjad B. Hussain [1]Establishment8 December 1985Area

• Total

5,099,611 km2(1,968,971 sq mi) (7th)

• Water (%)

6.8Population

• 2015 estimate

1,713,870,000[2](1st)

• Density

336.1/km2(870.5/sq mi)GDP (PPP)2015 estimate

• Total

US$9.9 trillion [3](3rd)GDP (nominal)2015 estimate

• Total

US$ 2.9 trillion[3](5th)Currency

8 currencies

Afghani (AFN)

 Taka(৳) (BDT)

Ngultrum (BTN)

 Rupee(₹) (INR)

Rufiyaa (MVR)

 Rupee(रु.) (NPR)

Rupee (PKR)

Rupee (LKR)

Time zone(UTC+4:30 to +6)Calling code

8 codes

  +880

  +91

  +92

  +93

  +94

  +960

  +975

    +977

Internet TLD.asia[a]

Website
www.saarc-sec.org

SAARC was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985.[4] Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The organization promotes development of economic and regional integration.[5] It launched the South Asian Free Trade Area in 2006.[6] SAARC maintains permanent diplomatic relations at the United Nations as an observer and has developed links with multilateral entities, including the European Union.