Kathmandu, Sept 29: A two-day conference is to take place in the capital on how the effectiveness of South Asian Association for Regional Conference (SAARC) can be enhanced at international level.
Parliamentarians, politicians, diplomats and journalists from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Afghanistan and Pakistan besides Nepal are taking part in the conference beginning Thursday,
Some seven working papers on different five themes would be presented in the conference, according to information shared at a press conference organized here today by the International Relations and Labour Committee of Legislature-Parliament.
Nepal had chaired the regional body from the 18th SAARC Summit which was organized in Kathmandu in 2014. The 19th SAARC Summit is to be held in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
Through the two-day conference, Nepal as the chair of the SAARC would furnish recommendations as to how the regional body would move ahead to play further effective role in eradicating poverty, countering terrorism and advancing economic prosperity in the region, Organizing Committee Member and Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala shared at the press meet.
In the conference organized for the first time on the occasion of the three decades of the establishment of the regional body, a proposal was also made to form a mechanism comprising parliamentarians including Presidents of the International Relations Committees of the region.
It was also shared that five former deputy prime ministers of Nepal — Sujata Koirala, Bhim Rawal, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Kamal Thapa and Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar would chair the five different presentation sessions.
Distinguished guests from other SAARC nations have already arrived in the capital and preparations for the conference have also completed, said the parliamentary committee sources.
The conference would help take stock the current status of SAARC at the international arena, leader Koirala shared.
Committee Chairperson Prabhu Saha said that the two-day event would provide important advice to the government heads so as to make the upcoming SAARC summit effective and result-oriented.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is scheduled to inaugurate the conference. RSS
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