SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
A PROFILE

CONTENTS CHAPTER-I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE -Introduction -Evolution -Institutional Set-up -The Secretariat -Financial Arrangements CHAPTER-II INTEGRATED PROGRAMME OF ACTION (IPA) -Agriculture -Communications -Education, Culture and Sports -Environment and Meteorology -Health, Population Activities and Child Welfare -Prevention of Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse -Rural Development -Science and Technology -Tourism -Transport -Women in Development CHAPTER-III POVERTY ERADICATION CHAPTER-IV TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION CHAPTER-V SAARC REGIONAL CENTRES                  -SAARC Agricultural Information Centre (SAIC)                  -SAARC Tuberculosis Centre (STC)                  -SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC)                  -SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC)                  -SAARC Human Resource Development Centre (SHRDC) CHAPTER-VI REGIONAL CONVENTIONS/AGREEMENTS -Agreement on Establishing the SAARC Food Security Reserve -SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terroris -SAARC Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances CHAPTER-VII SAARC FUNDS -South Asian Development Fund (SADF) -SAARC-Japan Special Fund CHAPTER-VIII PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE CONTACT                    -SAARC Audio Visual Exchange (SAVE) Programme                    -SAARC Scheme for Promotion of Organised Tourism                    -SAARC Chairs, Fellowships and Scholarships Scheme                    -SAARC Youth Volunteers Programme (SYVOP)                    -SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme                    -SAARC Youth Awards Scheme (SYAS)                    -South Asian Festivals CHAPTER-IX COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL NGOs IN SOUTH ASIA A.SAARC REGIONAL APEX BODIES -SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)SAARCLAW B.SAARC RECOGNISED BODIES -South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects(SAARCH) -Association of Management Development Institutions (AMDISA) -SAARC Federation of University Women (SAARCFUW) -South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) -SAARC Association of Town Planners -SAARC Cardiac Society -Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians CHAPTER-X COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS -UNCTAD -UNICEF -APT -ESCAP -UNDP -UNDCP -EC -ITU -CIDA -Designated SAARC Years -SAARC Publications -Organisational Framework of SAARC -Structure of the SAARC Secretariat SAARC - A PROFILE First Published - June 1998 Revised - March 1999 Published by SAARC Secretariat (Information and Media Division) P.O.Box 4222, Kathmandu, Nepal