South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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intergovernmental organization regional organization

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an intergovernmental organization of South Asian countries that promotes regional cooperation and development in areas such as economics, culture, and social progress.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation canonical 52
SAARC 18
SAARC member states 10

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
regional organization ⓘ
abbreviation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SAARC
AfghanistanMembershipStart 2007 ⓘ
charterSignedOn 1985-12-08 ⓘ
cooperationArea agriculture ⓘ
culture ⓘ
economic cooperation ⓘ
education ⓘ
energy ⓘ
environment ⓘ
health ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
population activities ⓘ
poverty alleviation ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
science and technology ⓘ
security cooperation ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transport ⓘ
foundedIn Dhaka ⓘ
foundedOn 1985-12-08 ⓘ
foundingMemberState People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasCharter Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
hasFreeTradeAgreement SAFTA ⓘ
hasObserverState Australia ⓘ
China ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Korea

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasOrgan Council of Ministers ⓘ
SAARC Secretariat ⓘ
SAARC Summit ⓘ
Standing Committee ⓘ
Technical Committees ⓘ
hasSpecializedBody SAARC Arbitration Council ⓘ
SAARC Cultural Centre ⓘ
SAARC Development Fund ⓘ
SAARC Disaster Management Centre ⓘ
SAARC Energy Centre ⓘ
SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre ⓘ
South Asian University ⓘ
headquartersCountry Nepal ⓘ
headquartersLocation Nepal ⓘ
surface form: Kathmandu
legalBasis international treaty ⓘ
membershipType sovereign states only ⓘ
memberState Afghanistan ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
politicalStatus largely inactive since mid-2010s due to regional tensions ⓘ
primaryObjective promotion of cultural development ⓘ
promotion of economic growth ⓘ
promotion of regional cooperation ⓘ
promotion of social progress ⓘ
regionServed South Asia ⓘ
SAFTAEnteredIntoForceOn 2006-01-01 ⓘ
SAFTAExpandedAs SAFTA ⓘ
surface form: South Asian Free Trade Area
SAFTASignedOn 2004-01-06 ⓘ
secretariatLocation Kathmandu ⓘ
website https://www.saarc-sec.org ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

India → regionalBloc → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → abbreviation → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
South Asia → hasMajorOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
South Asia → hasRegionalBloc → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Afghanistan → memberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Nepal → memberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
Bhutan → memberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → memberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Sri Lanka → memberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
Maldives → memberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → establishes → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Standing Committee → partOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: Standing Committee (SAARC)
SAARC Secretariat → partOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Secretariat → foundedBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Secretariat → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
SAARC Secretariat → namedAfter → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Cultural Centre → affiliatedWith → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre → foundedBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAFTA → administeredBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
SAFTA → associatedWith → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAFTA → basedOn → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC framework
SAFTA → geopoliticalScope → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC region
SAFTA → beneficiary → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC member states
SAARC Summit → organizedBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Summit → highestDecisionMakingBodyOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Development Fund → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Development Fund → shortName → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
SAARC Development Fund → foundedBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Arbitration Council → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Arbitration Council → foundedBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Disaster Management Centre → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Disaster Management Centre → geographicFocus → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC region
South Asian University → foundedBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
South Asian University → foundingOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
South Asian University → affiliation → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
SAARC Energy Centre → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
SAARC Energy Centre → geographicFocus → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC region
Afghan–Pakistan relations → multilateralContext → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Union of India → isMemberOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Council of Ministers of SAARC → partOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Technical Committees of SAARC → partOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Technical Committees of SAARC → appliesToJurisdiction → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC region
Programming Committee (SAARC) → partOf → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
Programming Committee (SAARC) → abbreviationOfParentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
this entity surface form: SAARC
SCC → parentOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: SAARC Cultural Centre
SCC → affiliatedWith → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: SAARC Cultural Centre
this entity surface form: SAARC
SCC → servesOrganization → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: SAARC Cultural Centre
this entity surface form: SAARC member states
SCC → jurisdiction → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: SAARC Cultural Centre
this entity surface form: SAARC region
SCC → sponsoredBy → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
subject surface form: SAARC Cultural Centre
this entity surface form: SAARC member governments