Thursday, 14 December 2017

SAARC Programming Committee meeting

The 54th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)’s Programming Committee took place  in the Kathmandu-based SAARC Secretariat

it was held on 11th and 12th December 2017,

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is the regional intergovernmental organization and 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)  of the global economy, as of 2015.

Founded: 8 December 1985, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Headquarters: Kathmandu, Nepal