OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific Regional Partnerships: SAARC Issued: 7 September 2006

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Trivandrum !(! S R I L A N K A Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte !\ Male !\ South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is a regional body that focuses on economic M A L D I V E S and social development in its member states. These include cooperation in agriculture, science and technology, health, population control, narcotics OCHA Country Office in Sri Lanka (Columbo) control and anti-terrorism. SAARC member states are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The SAARC Secretariat is located in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The South Asia region is a natural disaster-prone area which receives frequent earthquakes, typhoons, and tidal surges, and seasonal flooding. With a total regional population of 1.5 billion people, establishing an early warning system, as well as an adequate pre- disaster preparedness and post-disaster management system will be a future priority for SAARC. I N D I A N O C E A N

0 500 1,000 Kilometers !\ National capital !(! Datum: GCS_WGS_1984 Major town or city Map data source: UN Cartographic Section, Global Discovery OCHA office or presence Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.

The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map Ref: OCHA_ROAP_SAARC_v1_060907