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South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

LC control no.n 85338121
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Corporate name headingSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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Variant(s)SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
S.A.A.R.C.
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
Sārka
See alsoPredecessor: South Asian Regional Cooperation
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Beginning date1985-12-08
Associated placeDhaka (Bangladesh)
Found inRahman, M. L. SAARC facts and economic development, 1986: p. 12 (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) p. 9 (const. Dec. 1985; memb. countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; to promote econ. and soc. devel. in South Asia)
Baral, L.R. The politics of balanced interdependence, c1988: pref. (SARC (now SAARC)) p. 1 (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) initially called South Asian Regional Cooperation (SARC))
Regional conflict transformation, 2002: t.p. (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation)
Thirteenth & fourteenth SAARC Summit, 2008?: p. 140 (Sārka)
Harmonizing electricity laws in South Asia, 2017: t.p. (South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation) p. 1 (estab. Dec. 8, 1985 in Dhaka; Afghanistan became the 8th member in April 2007)