With the Sixteenth SAARC Summit taking place on 28-29 April, 2010 at Thimpu, Bhutan, all eyes are focused once again on the event and what it signifies. It is time indeed to take stock of SAARC’s progress till date, the road it has traversed and the path that lies ahead. With Sri Lanka at the helm, SAARC has definitely moved on covering a lot of its chosen agenda, especially in areas like energy, environment, poverty alleviation, trade facilitation and also in combating terrorism which has lately raised its ugly head in South Asia too. With Bhutan at the helm now, which is holding the SAARC Summit for the first time, SAARC expects to cover a lot more distance towards the realisation of its cherished objectives.
In this background, Foundation for Peace and Sustainable Development (FPSD) thought it appropriate to bring out another volume highlighting different aspects of the overall growth of the region at this juncture. It has collected a large number of papers written by experts in different fields ranging from trade and economics to climate change and from the realisation of MDGs to preserving the region’s environment. The publication is being released on the eve of the Sixteenth Summit to provide a wider perspective on SAARC affairs for the benefit of all interested in the welfare and advancement of the approximately two billion peoples of the SAARC Region. Significantly, it coincides with the 25th year of the birth of SAARC and that adds a special relevance and immediacy to the present volume.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.N. Srivastava
Dr.R.N. Srivastava is working as Associate Professor in Economics in the Department of Commerce, S.S.N. College, Delhi University. He is Hony. Director of Foundation for Peace and Sustainable Development (FPSD), and NGO dedicated to highlighting and working for issues connected with peace, economic growth and sustainable development.Dr. Srivastava is Hony. Editor of Peace and Development Digest, a bi-annual research journal published by FPSD. He has also edited many full-length publications on SAARC issues which include Towards South Asian Economic Integration and Unity, SAARC-The Road Ahead and SAARC-Socio-Economic Transformation. Widely travelled, he has participated in many national and international seminars/conferences highlighting issues related with peace and sustainable development. He has been an Indian delegate at the deliberations of UN Commission on Human Rights held at Geneva.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Saifuddin Soz
Prof. Saifuddin Soz, presently a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), is a statesman, writer and educationist. He is also the President of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee. Earlier, he served as the Union Minister of Environment and Forests and in a later stint as the Union Minister of Water Resources in the Government of India. His special interests are international political affairs, especially SAARC, world peace and sustainable development. He has been a member of several parliamentary committees. Widely travelled in many parts of the world, Prof. Soz has led official delegations to UN and other international for a. He is also President of Foundation for Peace and Sustainable Development.
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