SAARC : Origin, Development and Programmes (From First to the Ninth SAARC Summit)

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction of SAARC: 1. SAARC in brief. 2. Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 3. Provisional rules of procedure. 4. Memorandum of understanding on the establishment of the secretariat. II. SAARC agreements: 5. SAARC regional convention on suppression of terrorism. 6. SAARC convention on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. 7. Agreement on SAARC preferential trading arrangement (SAPTA). 8. Agreement on establishing the SAARC food security reserve. 9. SAARC Youth Resolution. III. SAARC Summits: 10. First SAARC Summit, Dhaka (1985). 11. Second SAARC Summit, Bangalore (1986). 12. Third SAARC Summit, Kathmandu (1987). 13. Fourth SAARC Summit, Islamabad (1988). 14. Fifth SAARC Summit, Male (1990). 15. Sixth SAARC Summit, Colombo (1991). 16. Seventh SAARC Summit, Dhaka (1993). 17. Eighth SAARC Summit, New Delhi (1995). 18. Ninth SAARC Summit, Male (1997). Index.

"The book SAARC: Origin, Development and Programmes contains of various important documents on SAARC, published by SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu since the inception of SAARC. It is divided into three parts viz., introduction of SAARC, SAARC agreements and SAARC summit declarations, which study evolution, essence, various activities of SAARC, and declarations of already held nine SAARC summits.

"The book will be useful to students, academicians, administrators and researchers, who are interested in the study on SAARC. It may be the first book which studies the origin, development and programmes of SAARC since its inception." (jacket)