Standing Committee

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The Standing Committee is a key decision-making body within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), typically composed of member states’ foreign secretaries who oversee and coordinate the organization’s regional cooperation initiatives.

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Label Occurrences
Standing Committee canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Decision-making body
Standing committee
approves SAARC budget proposals
composedOf Foreign secretaries of SAARC member states
coordinates Regional cooperation initiatives in South Asia
decisionMakingMode Consensus
establishedBy Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
surface form: Charter of SAARC
hasFunction Approves SAARC work programmes
Considers and recommends projects and programmes
Monitors implementation of SAARC decisions
Prepares agenda for the Council of Ministers
Provides policy direction for SAARC activities
Reviews progress of regional cooperation
hasRole Coordinates SAARC programmes and activities
Key decision-making body of SAARC
Oversees regional cooperation initiatives
jurisdiction SAARC member states
language English
mayHold Extraordinary sessions
meetsAtLeast Once a year
meetsInConjunctionWith Council of Ministers of SAARC
surface form: SAARC Council of Ministers meetings
memberOf Institutional framework of SAARC
membership Afghanistan
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
oversees Programming Committee (SAARC)
Technical Committees of SAARC
partOf South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
policyArea Cultural cooperation
Economic cooperation
Regional integration
Social development
recommends New areas of cooperation to the Council of Ministers
regionServed South Asia
reportsTo Council of Ministers of SAARC
surface form: Council of Ministers (SAARC)
reviews Reports of SAARC Technical Committees
secretariatSupport SAARC Secretariat
shortName Standing Committee of SAARC
surface form: SAARC Standing Committee
supportsBody SAARC Summit
typeOfOrganization Intergovernmental body

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Subject: Standing Committee
Description of subject: The Standing Committee is a key decision-making body within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), typically composed of member states’ foreign secretaries who oversee and coordinate the organization’s regional cooperation initiatives.

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