BIMSTEC, as a interregional organization and a economic bloc has some important characteristics. As the curing measure for 1997's Asian Economic Crisis, 4 countries from South Asian And South East Asian Region established a Economic bloc. Although I had to do some extensive research and presented these slides on the basis of a long script of 10 minutes, this ppt file serves only a few important points of BIMSTEC. Hope that this slide file may fulfill your expectation.

1. Welcome to my
presentation
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2. Topic of Discussion
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1. Introduction
2. History, Objectives & Functions of BIMSTEC
3. Organs of BIMSTEC
4. Significant Provisions of the Charter
5. Advantages & Disadvantages of BIMSTEC
6. Example Activities of BIMSTEC

3. 1.
Introduction

4. BIMSTEC means “Bay of Bengal
Initiative For Multi-Sectoral
Technical & Economical
Cooperation”.

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List of Member States:
1.People’s Republic of bangladesh
2.Kingdom of Bhutan
3.Republic of India
4.Union of Myanmar
5.Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
6.Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
7.Kingdom of Thailand
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6. Combined GDP of $4.4 trillion
That’s a lot of money
2.70270270% of total landmass
Huge area!
1.7 billion people (around 22%)
And a lot of Humans
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7. 2.
History, Objectives and
Functions of BIMSTEC

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Dates of Name-Change:
• BIST-EC of June 1997
• BIMST-EC of December 1997
• BIMSTEC of July 2004
Main Objective:
• Technical and Economic
Cooperation among the member
states.
• Priority Areas initially, in 1997,
were 6 in numbers, namely-
Technology, Trade, Tourism,
Transport, Energy, and Fisheries.
• Up until 2008, the priority areas
were increased with incorporated
agriculture, Public Health, Poverty
Alleviation, Counter Terrorism,
Environment, Culture, People to
People Contact and Climate
Change.
As BIMSTEC has always been a
sector driven regional organization, in
the latest fifth BIMSTEC summit held in
Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 2022,
the member states decided to establish
7 sector pillars under which all the
other, previously bifurcated 14 sectors,
were incorporated.

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10. 3.
Organs of BIMSTEC

11. Organs of BIMSTEC-
Recently adopted BIMSTEC Charter’s 3rd chapter provided its elaborate organ mechanism.
BIMSTEC has 8 types of Organs. Those are:
1. BIMSTEC Summit
2. BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting
3. BIMSTEC Sectoral Ministerial Meeting
4. BIMSTEC Senior Official’s Meeting
5. BIMSTEC Permanent Working Committee
6. BIMSTEC National Focal Point
7. Secretary General and the Secretariate
8. Other Subsidiary Bodies
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12. 4.
Significant Provisions of
BIMSTEC Charter

13. Important Conventions,
Declarations and Agreements
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2022
2022
2021
2019
2016
2014
2009
2008
2004
2004
1997
1997
Bangkok Declaration
Joint Statement on
6th Ministerial
Meeting
2nd BIMSTEC Summit
Declaration
MOA on the
Establishment of
BIMSTEC Permanent
Secretariat
Joint Statement of
the First Ministerial
Meeting on
Agriculture 5th BIMSTEC Summit
Declaration
Joint Statement on
Special Ministerial
Meeting
Framework
Agreement on
BIMSTEC Free Trade
Area
BIMSTEC Convention
on Cooperation in
Combating
International
Terrorism,
Transnational
Organized Crime and
Illicit Drug Trafficking
BIMSTEC Leader’s
Retreat and 16 point
Agenda of Action
Joint Statement on
Seventh Ministerial
Meeting
BIMSTEC Charter

14. Significant Articles of BIMSTEC
Charter
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Article 18
Article 24
Article 1
Article 6
Article 2
Article 13
IPurposes
Principles
New Member Submission
National Focal Point
Decision Making by Consensus
External Affair of BIMSTEC

15. 5.
Advantages &
Disadvantages of BIMSTEC

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Advantages of BIMSTEC:
1. Geographical Proximity
2. Rich & Diversified Energy Resources
3. Scope for Sharing Knowledge
4. Strategic Location
5. Tackling Security Challenges
6. Synergy with other regions
Disadvantages of BIMSTEC:
1. Top-Down Approach of BIMSTEC
2. Lack of Infrastructure in Transport
and Energy
3. Lack of Commonness and Cultural
Identity
4. Lack of Soft Power Connectivity
5. Lack of Permanent Secretariate
6. Lack of Political Will
7. Sporadic Bilateral Disputes within
BIMSTEC

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Examplary Activities of
BIMSTEC

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Examples related to BIMSTEC Activities:
1. BIMSTEC Charter was adopted on the 5th SUMMIT held in Colombo Sri Lanka on March 2022. This
charter was an attempt to strengthen regional ties in response of after-COVID economic crisis,
RUSSIA-UKRAINE Conflict.
2. In it’s 25 years journey, 6 SUMMITT were organized in 2004, 2008, 2014,2016, 2018 & 2016. the
summit of 2016 was actually a BIMSTEC Leader’s Retreat in Goa, India. In this 6 summit, 6 Summit
Declarations were adopted with reassuring the goodwill and cooperative intention of the member
states.
3. During these 25 years, 17 Ministerial Meeting were held. In these ministerial meetings, foreign
ministers of every member states attended and expressed their idea regarding further operation of
BIMSTEC in the region. As a result of these meetings, several documents were mandated.
4. So far, 14 Declaration and Agreements, other than Summit Declaration and Ministerial Meeting report
were agreed upon by the Member States. Of which, 4 were framed and signed by the members in
2022’s BIMSTEC Summit. Some of the important declarations and agreements are: Bangkok
Declaration of 1997, Framework Agreement on the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area of 2004, MOA on the
establishment of the BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat of 2014, BIMSTEC Master Plan for Transport
Connectivity of 2022, BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 2022 and
BIMSTEC Charter of 2022.

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20. The end!
Humbly expressing gratitude for patiently listen the presentation.
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