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The idea of SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was proposed by the then Bangladesh ruler, Zia ul Rehman in 1979. SAARC was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. This organization promotes the development of economic and regional integration. Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu (Nepal). The SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on 16 January 1987 and was inaugurated by Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal. Initially there were 7 members in the SAARC but Afghanistan joined it on April 3, 2007. Now it has 8 members which include; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. India is the most populous country among the SAARC nations. All the members of the SAARC have HDI rank above 100 but Sri Lanka is the only member of the SAARC which has an HDI rank below 100. HDI rank of Sri Lanka is 73. The SAARC theme for the FY 2016-17 was the Year of Cultural Heritage. Year for girls was the theme of 1990, Year for Environment- 1992, and Year of Good Governance was the theme of 2008. Abul Ahsan is the first Secretary-General of SAARC. H.E. Esala Ruwan Weerakoon of Sri Lanka is the current Secretary-General of SAARC. He assumed the office of the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on 01 March 2020. Kant Kishore Bhargava (1989) and Sheel Kant Sharma (2008) are the only two Indians who became the Secretary-General of SAARC.
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काठमाडाैं । नेपालको परराष्ट्रमन्त्रीमा डा नारायण खड्का नियुक्त भएकाेमा भारतका विदेशमन्त्री एस जयशङ्करले बधाई ज्ञापन गरेका छन्।सामाजिक सञ्जालमार्फत भारतका विदेशमन्त्रीले खड्कालाई बधाई दिँदै उनीसँग सहकार्य गर्न आफू प्रतीक्षारत रहेको बताएका हुन्। यसैबीच परराष्ट्रमन्त्री खड्का र भारतका विदेशमन्त्रीबीच न्युयोर्कमा भेटवार्ता हुने सम्भावना प्रबल रहेको एक भारतीय कूटनीतिज्ञले न्युयोर्कबाट बताए।संयुक्त राष्ट्रसङ्घको ७६औँ महासभामा भाग लिने सिलसिलामा भारतका विदेशमन्त्री हाल न्यूयोर्कमा छन् भने परराष्ट्रमन्त्री खड्का सोही सिलसिलामा आज अपराह्न त्यहाँ पुग्दै छन्। दक्षिण एसियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठन (सार्क) को वर्तमान अध्यक्ष नेपालले महासभाका सन्दर्भमा आयोजना गर्दै आएको सार्क मुलुकका परराष्ट्रमन्त्रीको अनौपचारिक बैठक यसपटक अफगानिस्तानको बदलिँदो राजनीतिक परिदृश्यलाई दृष्टिगत गरी स्थगन गरिएका बेला हुनलागेको नेपाल र भारतका विदेशमन्त्रीको भेटवार्तालाई महत्वपूर्ण मानिएको छ।साभार : डिसी नेपाल