Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit Current Affairs, GK & News
Nepal hosts first-ever SAARC Agriculture Cooperative Business Forum
The first-ever SAARC Agriculture Cooperative Business Forum has started in Kathmandu, Nepal on August 29, 2018. It is co-organized by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA) with the support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The aim of the forum is to bring together representatives both from ..
Category: Agriculture Current Affairs
Topics: Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Food and Agriculture Organization • Food and drink • Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation • United Nations Development Group • United Nations Economic and Social Council
Philippines hosts 12th informal meeting of SAARC finance Ministers
The 12th informal meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers was held in Manila, Philippines on May 4, on the sidelines of the 51st Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB). The meeting was attended by the Finance Ministers / Heads of Delegations from the SAARC member states. Finance Minister of Nepal Yuba Raj Khatiwada chaired the ..
Topics: Asian Development Bank • Banking • Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Financial services • Khatiwada • United Nations General Assembly observers
Seventeenth SAARC Summit & Addu Declaration
Recently, the Seventeenth SAARC Summit was concluded in Maldives with the release of the Addu Declaration. Here is a brief discussion: What is SAARC? South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. The 7 founding members ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: Countries • Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Foreign relations • South Asia • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation • South Asian Free Trade Area • South Asian University
SAFTA →Current Position & Issues
Discuss the role of SAFTA in regional trade cooperation. What are the issues & hurdles for its full Operationalisation? SAFTA refers to the “Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)”. This agreement was reached in 2004 in the 12th SAARC summit at Islamabad. The objective was to create a free trade area comprising Bangladesh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Countries • Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Economies • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation • South Asian Free Trade Area • Trade blocs
SAFTA →Role in Regional Trade Cooperation, Current Position & Issues
Discuss the role of SAFTA in regional trade cooperation. What are the issues & hurdles for its full Operationalisation? SAFTA refers to the “Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)”. This agreement was reached in 2004 in the 12th SAARC summit at Islamabad. The objective was to create a free trade area comprising Bangladesh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Countries • Declaration of 18th SAARC Summit • Economies • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation • South Asian Free Trade Area • Trade blocs