SAARC Secretariat
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The SAARC Secretariat is the central administrative body that coordinates and facilitates regional cooperation activities among the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SAARC Secretariat canonical | 24 |
| Office of the Secretary-General of SAARC | 1 |
| SAARC Secretariat Complex, Kathmandu | 1 |
| SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T247442 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SAARC Secretariat Context triple: [South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, hasOrgan, SAARC Secretariat]
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A.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an intergovernmental organization of South Asian countries that promotes regional cooperation and development in areas such as economics, culture, and social progress.
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B.
ASEAN Secretariat
The ASEAN Secretariat is the central administrative body that supports, coordinates, and implements the policies and activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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C.
APEC Secretariat
The APEC Secretariat is the central administrative and support body that coordinates and implements the programs, meetings, and initiatives of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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D.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is a UN regional body that promotes inclusive and sustainable economic and social development across the Asia-Pacific region through research, policy advice, and intergovernmental cooperation.
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E.
ASEAN Coordinating Council
The ASEAN Coordinating Council is a high-level ministerial body within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations responsible for coordinating the implementation of ASEAN policies and community-building initiatives among member states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SAARC Secretariat Target entity description: The SAARC Secretariat is the central administrative body that coordinates and facilitates regional cooperation activities among the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
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A.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an intergovernmental organization of South Asian countries that promotes regional cooperation and development in areas such as economics, culture, and social progress.
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B.
ASEAN Secretariat
The ASEAN Secretariat is the central administrative body that supports, coordinates, and implements the policies and activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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C.
APEC Secretariat
The APEC Secretariat is the central administrative and support body that coordinates and implements the programs, meetings, and initiatives of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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D.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is a UN regional body that promotes inclusive and sustainable economic and social development across the Asia-Pacific region through research, policy advice, and intergovernmental cooperation.
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E.
ASEAN Coordinating Council
The ASEAN Coordinating Council is a high-level ministerial body within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations responsible for coordinating the implementation of ASEAN policies and community-building initiatives among member states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative body
ⓘ
intergovernmental organization body ⓘ international organization secretariat ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Afghanistan
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Bangladesh ⓘ Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| areaServed | member states of SAARC ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| coordinates | 27.7172°N 85.3240°E ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| employerOf |
Secretary-General of SAARC
ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary General
professional staff of SAARC ⓘ |
| foundedBy | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ |
| governingBody | Council of Ministers of SAARC ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Office of the Secretary-General of SAARC
ⓘ
linked to:
SAARC Secretariat
SAARC specialized units and divisions ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administrative coordination of SAARC programs
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facilitation of SAARC meetings and summits ⓘ information and documentation center for SAARC ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Kathmandu
ⓘ
Kathmandu, Nepal ⓘ
linked to:
Kathmandu
|
| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| legalForm | secretariat of an intergovernmental organization ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bagmati Province
ⓘ
Kathmandu Metropolitan City ⓘ
linked to:
Kathmandu
|
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+05:45 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| operatesInField |
cultural cooperation
ⓘ
economic cooperation ⓘ regional cooperation ⓘ regional integration ⓘ social development ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | SAARC ⓘ |
| partOf | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ |
| purpose |
to coordinate and facilitate regional cooperation among SAARC member states
ⓘ
to implement decisions of SAARC summits and councils ⓘ to provide secretarial support to SAARC meetings and activities ⓘ |
| regionServed | South Asia ⓘ |
| shortName | SAARC Secretariat ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of Ministers of SAARC
ⓘ
Standing Committee of SAARC ⓘ |
| uses | English language documentation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.saarc-sec.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SAARC Secretariat Description of subject: The SAARC Secretariat is the central administrative body that coordinates and facilitates regional cooperation activities among the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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establishesOrgan
→
SAARC Secretariat
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subject linked to:
Standing Committee
linked to: SAARC Secretariat
linked to: SAARC Secretariat