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Write down the challenges facing SAARC.
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Challenges Facing SAARC
Write the information of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Challenges of 'SAARC' to tackle
Answer in Brief
Solution
- Zia-ur Rehman, President of Bangladesh felt that an organisation, which would work for the economic and social development in Asia needs to be established.
- Accordingly, the first among the four meetings of foreign secretaries of Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal was convened in 1981, at Colombo.
- In 1985, SAARC was established at the summit meeting held at Dhaka.
- SAARC is laden with many difficult issues to tackle such as
- Economic disparity among the member nations
- Expenditure allotment for defence
- Inadequate infrastructure
- Underdevelopment of agricultural sector
- Rising terrorism
- Population explosion
- Insufficient trade
- Divergent political systems
- Religious-lingual diversity, etc.
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