Composition | SAARC

SAARC stands for South Asian Regional Co-operation. It's a new organization that includes the countries of South Asia. In South Asia, there are seven countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

The need for SAARC was realized by the late President Shaheed Ziaur Rahman. He saw that powerful countries were oppressing weaker ones like Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Tibet. To protect the poorer and less powerful countries from this oppression, they decided to unite in an organization. This organization would allow them to discuss and solve their problems together. However, due to some unavoidable circumstances, it wasn't officially established until December 7, 1985.

On that day, the heads of state from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Maldives came together in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They declared the organization as SAARC, with the President of Bangladesh leading the meeting. This declaration became known as the Dhaka declaration.

The primary goal of SAARC is to serve each country's interests and solve their national problems by collaborating with all member nations. It also aims to address national emergencies such as floods, cyclones, and fires. The members of SAARC have agreed not to interfere with each other's sovereignty. They are also willing to support one another in areas like education, industry, business, communication, and security.

SAARC was established to benefit the one hundred crore (one billion) people living in these countries. We congratulate SAARC and hope that it will always work in the best interest of the people. We also hope that it will fulfill the purpose for which it was formed.