An overview of Saarc.

1. Saarc (South Asian Association
For Regional Cooperation)

2. Introduction
• An initiative taken by in 1985
• It has got 8 members
• Its and economic and political organization
• Economic and social growth
• In 2007 Afghanistan
• Cooperation with international and regional

3. Areas Comes Under Saarc (IPA)
• Agriculture
• Rural Development
• Telecommunications
• Meteorology
• Health and Population Activities
• Transport
• Postal Services
• Science and Technology
• Sports, Arts and Culture

4. SAPTA
(SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement)
• Economic growth
• Trade within

5. SAFTA
(South Asian Free Trade Agreement)
• To help Saarc countries
• Lower down duties

6. Failure To Solve Core Issues
• Kashmir issue
• Sri Lankan Civil war
• Failure to integrate Saarc nations
• Saarc role has been vanished
• By name meeting take place

7. Saarc Observers status
• China
• Japan
• Iran
• Us
• European union
• Republic of Korea