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Established on 8 Dec 1985.
17 summits have been held till now.
Pakistan hosted twice (1988-2004 )
Current secretary general is Mr. Ahmed
Saleem from Bangladesh.
China, Myanmar and Russia wants to become
members
9 observer states
Objectives Of SAARC
to promote the welfare of the people of South
Asia and to improve their quality of life;
to accelerate economic growth, social
progress and cultural development in the
region
to promote and strengthen selective self-
reliance among the countries of South Asia;
to contribute to mutual trust, understanding
and appreciation of one another's problem
to cooperate with international and regional
organisations with similar aims and purposes.
to maintain peace in the regionto strengthen
cooperation with other developing countries;
to strengthen cooperation among themselves
in international forums on matters of common
interest
Principles
The principles are as follows
Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, political equality and independence of all members states
Non-interference in the internal matters is one of its objectives
Cooperation for mutual benefit
All decisions to be taken unanimously and need a quorum of all eight members
All bilateral issues to be kept aside and only multilateral(involving many countries) issues to be discussed without being prejudiced by bilateral issues
Secretariat
The SAARC Secretariat was established in
Kathmandu on 16 January 1987
The SAARC Secretariat and Member States
observe 8 December as the SAARC Charter
Day1.
It is headed by the Secretary General
appointed by the Council of Ministers from
Member Countries in an alphabetical order for
a three-year term.
Council Of Ministers
The Council of Ministers meets twice a year.
Formulation of the policies of the ASSOCIATION
Review of the progress of cooperation under the
ASSOCIATION
Decision on new areas of cooperation
Establishment of additional mechanism under the
ASSOCIATION as deemed necessary
Decision on other matters of general interest to
the ASSOCIATION.
Regional Centres
SAARC Agricultural Centre (SAC), Dhaka
SAARC Meteorological Research Centre
(SMRC), Dhaka
SAARC Tuberculosis Centre (STC),
Kathmandu
SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC), New
Delhi
SAARC Human Resources Development
Centre (SHRDC), Islamabad
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is
an international organisation consisting of 57
member states. The organisation states that it
is "the collective voice of the Muslim world"
and works to "safeguard and protect the
interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of
promoting international peace and harmony
The OIC has a permanent delegation to
the United Nations, and is the largest
international organisation outside the United
Nations.
After losing the Six-Day War in 1967 Leaders
of Muslim nations met in Rabat to establish the
OIC on 25 September 1969.
AIM
The OIC aims to preserve Islamic social and
economic values; promote solidarity amongst
member states; increase cooperation in social,
economic, cultural, scientific, and political
areas; uphold international peace and security;
and advance education, particularly in the
fields of science and technology.
OIC has collective population of 1.4 billion
Russia and Thailand, sit as Observer States
12 regular sessions and 4 extra ordinary
sessions have been convened uptill now.
Pakistan hosted twice(1974-1997)
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğl , a Turkish national is
the current Secretary General.
Islamic summit
The largest meeting, attended by the kings
and the heads of state and government of the
member states, convenes every three years.The
Islamic Summit takes policy decisions and
provide guidance on all issues pertaining to the
realization of the objectives as provided for in
the Charter and consider other issues of concern
to the Member States and the Ummah.
Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers
It meets once a year to examine a progress report on the implementation of its decisions taken within the framework of the policy defined by the Islamic Summit.
Permanent Secretariat
It is the executive organ of the Organisation, entrusted with the implementation of the decisions of the two preceding bodies, and is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mere talking shop
Though adopted Cairo Declaration on Human
Rights in Islam in1990 ,but is failed in
protecting gross human rights violation against
muslims.
A geo-political and economic organization of
ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which
was formed on 8 August 1967.
21 regular and 4 informal sessions.
ASEAN covers a land area of 4.46 million km²,
which is 3% of the total land area of Earth, and
has a population of approximately 600 million
people
Le Luong Minh (Vietnamese)
Single Aviation Market
Free trade zone
Intra-ASEAN travel
ASEAN Media Cooperation ,ASEAN Defense
Industry Collaboration
Education-about 90% literacy rate
Members
It has six member states.
China
Russia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan
13 summits have been convened till now.thelatest in Sep 2013.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental international organization founded in Shanghai on15 June 2001 by six countries.
Its member states cover an area of over 30 million km2, or about three fifths of Eurasia, with a population of 1.455 billion.
SCO's predecessor, the Shanghai Five mechanism, originated and grew from the endeavor by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
On the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai Five
in June 2001, the heads of state of its
members and the President of Uzbekistan met
in Shanghai, the birthplace of the mechanism.
First they signed a joint declaration admitting
Uzbekistan as member of the Shanghai Five
mechanism and then jointly issued the
Declaration on the Establishment of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Purposes of SCO
strengthening mutual trust and good-neighborliness and friendship among member states,
developing their effective cooperation in political affairs, the economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, energy, transportation, environmental protection and other fields,
working together to maintain regional peace, security and stability,
promoting the creation of a new international political and economic order featuring democracy, justice and rationality.
Principles of SCO
adherence to the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations,
respect for each other's independence,
sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-
interference in each other's internal affairs,
mutual non-use or threat of use of force,
equality among all member states,
settlement of all questions through
consultations,
non-alignment and no directing against any
other country or organization,
opening to the outside world and willingness to
carry out all forms of dialogues, exchanges
and cooperation with other countries and
relevant international or regional
organizations.
Institutional Set-Up of SCO
Council of Heads of State
Council of Heads of Government
Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Conference of Heads of Agencies
Council of National Coordinators
Secretariat (Dmitry Fedorovich Mezentsev)
Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS)
SCO Cooperation in Various
Areas
SCO cooperation has covered wide-ranging
areas such as security, the economy,
transportation, culture, disaster relief and law
enforcement, with security and economic
cooperation.
SCO security cooperation focuses on the fight
against terrorism, separatism and extremism.
Bilateral and multilateral joint anti-terrorism
military exercises among member states.
The SCO was among the first international
organizations to advocate explicitly the fight
against the three evil forces.On15 June 2001,
the day when the SCO was founded, the
Shanghai Convention Against Terrorism,
Separatism and Extremism was signed, clearly
defining terrorism, separatism and extremism
for the first time on the international arena.