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Contents: (Asia)
Summary
SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
SAARC
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established
when its Charter was formally adopted on 8 December 1985 by the Heads of
State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan
and SriLanka. The Association provides a platform for the peoples of South
Asia to work together in a spirit of friendship, trust and understanding. It
aims to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia and to improve
their quality of life through accelerated economic growth, social progress
and cultural development in the region.
The Brunei Darussalam Indonesia
Malaysia the Philippines -East Asean Growth Area. Asia's largest
economic growth area constitutes Brunei Darussalam; the Indonesia provinces
of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Irian Jaya; Sabah, Sarawak and the
Federal Territory Labuan in Malaysia; and Mindanao and Pahlawan in the
Philippines.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent
intergovernmental international organisation creation of which was
proclaimed on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of
Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the
Russian
Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Its
prototype is the Shanghai Five mechanism.
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) was formed on 5 April 1995 by an
agreement between the governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet
Nam.
Asian Clearing Union (ACU) is the simplest form of payment
arrangements whereby the members settle payments for intra-regional
transactions among the participating central banks on a multilateral basis.
The Oceania Customs Organization (OCO) brings together twenty-three
Customs
administrations of Oceania (Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and
Polynesia).
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is an
intergovernmental regional organization established for the purpose of
promoting economic, technical and cultural cooperation among the
Members.
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