Council of Ministers

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The Council of Ministers is a key decision-making body of SAARC composed of foreign ministers from member states, responsible for formulating policies and reviewing progress on regional cooperation initiatives.

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Label Occurrences
Council of Ministers canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decision-making body ⓘ
intergovernmental body ⓘ
organ of SAARC ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction SAARC member states ⓘ
composedOf foreign ministers of SAARC member states ⓘ
dateOfFormation 1985 ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess unanimity ⓘ
establishedBy Charter of SAARC ⓘ
followsPrinciple no bilateral and contentious issues ⓘ
unanimous decisions ⓘ
goal accelerate economic growth and social progress in South Asia ⓘ
enhance welfare of the peoples of South Asia through cooperation ⓘ
hasFunction coordination of SAARC policies ⓘ
monitoring implementation of SAARC decisions ⓘ
promoting regional cooperation in South Asia ⓘ
hasMember foreign minister of Afghanistan ⓘ
foreign minister of Bangladesh ⓘ
foreign minister of Bhutan ⓘ
foreign minister of India ⓘ
foreign minister of Maldives ⓘ
foreign minister of Nepal ⓘ
foreign minister of Pakistan ⓘ
foreign minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasSubordinateBody SAARC Programming Committee ⓘ
SAARC Standing Committee ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
mayHold extraordinary sessions ⓘ
meetsAtFrequency ordinarily twice a year ⓘ
meetsInConjunctionWith SAARC Summit preparatory processes ⓘ
oversees SAARC Standing Committee ⓘ
parentOrganization SAARC Summit ⓘ
partOf South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ
regionServed South Asia ⓘ
reportsTo SAARC Summit ⓘ
responsibleFor approving SAARC programs and projects ⓘ
considering the SAARC budget ⓘ
deciding on new areas of cooperation ⓘ
formulating policies on regional cooperation ⓘ
issuing directives to lower SAARC bodies ⓘ
reviewing progress of regional cooperation initiatives ⓘ
shortName SAARC Council of Ministers ⓘ
typeOfOrganization regional ministerial council ⓘ

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SAARC institutional framework → governs → Council of Ministers ⓘ
SAARC institutional framework → includesOrgan → Council of Ministers ⓘ