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14th SAARC Summit
for Development and
Expansion
The
Fourteenth Summit of
South Asian
Association for
Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) held in New
Delhi, India on
03-04 April 2007
agreed to:
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their commitment to
work toward shared
economic
cooperation,
regional prosperity,
a better life for
the people of south
Asia
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improve
intra-regional
connectivity,
particularly
physical, economic
and people to people
connectivity
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deepen pro-poor
orientation of
growth process,
including enhancing
investment in human
capital and
infrastructure.
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earmark on rural
community as SAARC
Village in each
Member State to show
innovative models of
development.
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make closer regional
cooperation in the
field of information
and communication
technology.
-
plan for poverty
alleviation in the
light of SAARC
Development Goals (SDGs)
and Plan of Action
on poverty
alleviation.
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collaboration on
addressing the
problem of arsenic
contamination of
ground water,
desertification and
melting of glaciers.
The Heads of State
or Government noted
with satisfaction
timely ratification
on SAFTA agreement
by all member
countries. They
stressed the need
for ensuring
effective market
access through
smooth
implementation of
trade liberalization
programme and
directed the SAFTA
bodies to review the
progress on a
regular basis. They
called for a
finalization of an
Agreement in the
services sector at
the earliest.
They welcomed the
People's Republic of
China, Japan,
European Union,
Republic of Korea,
Iran, and United
States of America,
to be associated as
Observer to SAARC.
The region would
benefit from these
external linkages
and help its
economic integration
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Performance Audit
Team Visited SHRDC
A
performance audit
team visited SAARC
Human Resource
Development Centre
Islamabad on 27-28
June 2007. Mr. Lila
Prasad Sharma from
Nepal and Mr. Rehan
Malik, Deputy
Auditor General (APR
& SD), Auditor
General of Pakistan
undertook a detailed
examination to:
a ) examine
programmes
undertaken the SHRDC
since the Centre's
establishment and to
what extend, they
have helped to
enhance regional
cooperation in their
fields of competence
and any projects of
programmes the
Centres may wish to
undertake in the
next 3 to 5 years in
pursuit of their
mandates
b) examine any
impediments or
constraints
experienced by the
Centre to implement
the programmes,
c) examine the
mandate, scope and
potential as well as
the possibility or
cooperation or
linkage with
relevant SAARC
mechanisms,
d)
examine additional
facilities needed to
be extended by the
Host Government to
the Centres,
e) examine the level
of assistance /
support received
from sources other
than Governments of
Member States
undertaking their
work programmes, and
f) examine the
financial and
service rules
applicable to
Regional Centres.
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Programming
Committee Meeting
2007
The
29th session of
SAARC Programming
Committee Meeting
was held in 30 March
2007 in New Delhi,
India. Dr. Muhammad
Aslam Khan, Director
SHRDC in the
invitation of
Secretary General
SAARC and the
Government of India
attended the
meeting, Director
SHRDC made a
comprehensive
presentation before
the committee in
SHRDC activities. He
also highlighted
issues faced by the
Centre. |
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