December 8, 1985 (, Yi Chou October 27), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established.

1985, held in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the first summit meeting of the seven countries of South Asia, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was officially inaugurated. Its birth, marks the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has entered a new phase, and injected new blood for the Third World countries, South-South cooperation ".
seven countries in South Asia, including Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The leaders of the seven countries the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences on minor spirit, the differences aside, sit down together to discuss cooperation issues, this is the first time. In the 7th, 8th, two days on the Summit, the delegates unanimously adopted a "Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), published the" Dhaka Declaration ". This fully reflects the common aspiration of the 7 leaders to accelerate economic and social development of the region.
According to the Charter, the nature of the Alliance is a non-political group organization, its purpose is to improve the welfare of the people of South Asia, to promote South Asia, economic growth, social progress and cultural development, and to promote and strengthen collective self-reliance, and to strengthen the members mutual understanding between the country and promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in various fields of South Asia, and to strengthen the South Asian cooperation with other developing countries and regions in the world. The Charter provides that the Union shall respect the sovereign equality, territorial integrity, political independence, non-interference in each other's internal affairs and mutual benefit as the basis for cooperation; regional cooperation should be bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the Member States have conflict, but only as a complement to them . The Charter also stipulates that the heads of member states meet once a year. And the establishment of the Council of Ministers by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Secretary Standing Committee and a number of technical committees. Union headquarters in Kathmandu.
the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is the late Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman put forward in 1980. This initiative has received the attention and positive response of six other South Asian countries. 7 of Foreign Affairs Secretary in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, in April 1981, held its first meeting, the meeting that the regional cooperation and collective self-reliance for the South Asian countries is very useful and necessary. The meeting identified rural development, agriculture, population control, communications and meteorological five areas of cooperation.
linked by mountains and rivers of the seven countries of South Asia, there are many similarities in terms of geography, history and culture, they belong to developing countries. The total population of the region, accounting for 1/5 of the world's population, while only 2% of the world's total output value of the gross national product. In addition, the border disputes between countries, race riots, the allocation of the river, immigration and other issues from time to time caused tensions between the stability and economic development of the entire region affected. Due to the "South-South cooperation," the voice soaring, regional cooperation as a form of collective self-reliance, has shown the superiority in other areas. In this case, the leaders of South Asian countries to recognize the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation can improve countries' mutual understanding and trust, and will help ease the situation in the region, is the only way to promote the economic development of the region. (TodayinHistory.cn)