Archive SAARC / South Asia 2000-2001

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2000-2001

current events

SAARC: A glimpse, by Rudra Sharma (Sunday Post, 30/12/2001)

Traffic restrictions: Grin and bear, after all it’s for SAARC, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 30/12/2001)

The Summit is not just a photo-opportunity (Nepali Times, 28/12/2001)
Interview with Nihal Rodrigo, SAARC Secretary General

Summit Amid Tensions, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 28/12/2001)
See also SAARC Should Focus Its Attention On A Few Core Areas, interview with Kamal Thapa, former foreign minister and spokesman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Spotlight, 28/12/2001)

SAARC Outlook: Poverty common enemy to fight (Rising Nepal, 28/12/2001)

SAARC just by name, by Mohan K. Angbo (People's Review, 27/12/2001)

SAARC outlook: SAARC needs clear vision: Dr. Silwal (Rising Nepal, 26/12/2001)

The idea of South Asian regional cooperation, by Narendra Bikram Shaha (Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2001)

SAARC trade promotion: Need of hour (Rising Nepal, 24/12/2001)

Looking back into origin of SAARC, by Narendra Bikram Shaha (Rising Nepal, 23/12/2001)

Caught in Indo-Pak rivalry, is SAARC dying? by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 23/12/2001)

Media : On SAARC reporting, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2001

Upcoming Kathmandu Summit: Consolidating SAARC Process, by Uttam Maharjan (Rising Nepal, 16/12/2001)

11th SAARC Summit: For Realising Vast Potential, by Shirish B. Pradhan (Rising Nepal, 15/12/2001)

11th SAARC summit: Just another round of talks! by Sodesh Kchetri (People's Review, 13/12/2001)

SAARC for regional peace, by Bishnu Hari Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 13/12/2001)

Eleventh Summit: An opportunity to ease tension, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 12/12/2001)

Implementing SAARC (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2001)

SAARC enters 16th year (Rising Nepal, 08/12/2001)

The Eleventh SAARC Summit (Telegraph, 05/12/2001)
See also Eleventh summit on schedule, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 06/12/2001)

Looking forward to Kathmandu Summit, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 04/12/2001)

Another Summit (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

SAFTA to feature during SAARC Summit, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2001)

Agenda: Curbing poverty: Nepal all set as host to 11th SAARC summit, by Krishna Sherma (Rising Nepal, 23/11/2001)

SAARC will discuss terrorism, says Rodrigo (Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2001)

SAARC summit (Kathmandu Post, 05/11/2001)
See also XIth SAARC Summit in Kathmandu: Preparations being expedited (Rising Nepal, 06/11/2001), Preparing For XI (Rising Nepal, 07/11/2001)

Security Cooperation In South Asia, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (Rising Nepal, 03/11/2001)

Working Group Meet: South Asia transport body set up (Rising Nepal, 03/11/2001)

SAARC: New Equation, By Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 12/10/2001)

Security in South Asia: A Nepali Perspective: "What vision for Security Future in South Asia?" (Telegraph, 03/10/2001)
See also part 2 (10/10/2001), part 3 (17/10/2001), part 4 (07/11/2001)

Uncommon SAARC position and Doha conference, by Ratnakar Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2001)

Need of Encouraging Think-Tank Expertise, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (Rising Nepal, 01/09/2001)

Basmati Rice: Who Owns It? by Gyan Rai (Rising Nepal, 30/08/2001)

Good beginning (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2001)

SAARC - Lessons To Be Learnt, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (Rising Nepal, 14/07/2001)

Indo-Pak summit and Nepal, by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 12/07/2001)

SAARC: A Vision For Collective Self Reliance (Spotlight, 15/06/2001)
Excerpts from the address by late King Birendra at the first SAARC Summit held in Dhaka, in December 1985

Regional economic coop meet today (Kathmandu Post, 23/05/2001)

SAPAP observation: Poverty alleviation scheme doing well (Rising Nepal, 22/05/2001)

Regionalism In South Asia: Where Does SAARC’s Future Lie? by C. D. Bhatta (Rising Nepal, 29/04/2001)

New strategic equations in South Asia, by Prakash A. Raj (People's Review, 26/04/2001)

SAARC ministers pledge to fight illiteracy (Rising Nepal, 13/04/2001)
See also South Asian countries to cooperate in "Education for All" (Kuensel, 14/04/2001)

South Asia’s alarming defence expenditure, by Nishchal Nath Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 30/03/2001)

Prospects of common currencies in SAARC region, by Sushil R Mathema (Kathmandu Post, 19/03/2001)

Lesson for SAARC from ASEAN experience, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2001)

Missed Opportunities, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 02/02/2001)

Nepal ready for hosting SAARC summit: Koirala (Rising Nepal, 31/01/2001)

Paying price for Indo-Pak conflict, by L B Thapa (Kathmandu Post, 23/01/2001)

SAARC: Cooperation In Limbo? by Jagadish B. Mathema (Rising Nepal, 19/01/2001)

SAARC Diploma engineers meet begins (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2000)

Reviving SAARC Summitry:Cautious Optimism In Order, by M. R. Josse (Rising Nepal, 20/12/2000)

Aim For Summit (Rising Nepal, 19/12/2000)

SAARC At The Crossroads, by Kamal Thapa (Spotlight, 15/12/2000)

Reschedule SAARC summit (Kathmandu Post, 14/12/2000)

President Chandrika looks forward to the next SAARC Summit in Kathmandu (Telegraph, 13/12/2000)

SAARC Citizens Meet: Call For Summit, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 08/12/2000)
See also interview with Nihal Rodrigo, secretary-general of SAARC: We Are Now Encountering The Complexities Of Promoting Regional Cooperation (Spotlight, 08/12/2000)

CCSA hopeful of resumption of SAARC summit soon (People's Review, 07/12/2000)

Kathmandu Declaration - 2000: First Meeting of the Citizens' Commission for South Asia (Telegraph, 06/12/2000)

Kathmandu meet of elderly statesmen of South Asia vow to supplement SAARC official process (Telegraph, 06/12/2000)

Get SAARC moving: CCSA (Kathmandu Post, 04/12/2000)
See also editorial Hold SAARC summit (Kathmandu Post, 05/12/2000)

Koirala calls for faster pace of regional union (Rising Nepal, 02/12/2000)

Sub-regional cooperation in South Asia, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 01/12/2000)

South Asia of increasing importance to United States, by Karl Inderfurth (People's Review, 16/11/2000)

Nepal, B’desh to work for the resumption of SAARC Summit! (Telegraph, 08/11/2000)

Nepal, India and SAARC, by Madhav Kumar Rimal (Spotlight, 03/11/2000)

Growing Indo-US ties offer opportunities, and risks, for South Asian nations, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2000)

SAARC Law Conference: Call For Common Goal, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 29/09/2000)

South Asia has yet to work out a common strategy, by Sridhar Khatri, CASAC, Nepal (Telegraph, 27/09/2000)

I.K.Gujaral to chair Citizens’ Commission for SA (Telegraph, 27/09/2000)

Strengthen judiciary first (Kathmandu Post, 26/09/2000)

South Asian Human Rights Court mooted (Kathmandu Post, 25/09/2000)

Merge ASEAN and SAARC: Venecia (Kathmandu Post, 04/08/2000)

SAARC looks into business, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 26/07/2000)

SAARC countries adopt ‘Syangja Poverty Alleviation Model', by Om Prakash Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 02/07/2000)

SAARC summit in limbo, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 24/2000)

Volatile regional politics: setback for SAARC (Independent, 21/06/2000)

Popular perception about SAARC oscillate between two extrems, by Nihal Rodrigo, Secretary-General, SAARC (Telegraph, 07/06/2000)

Thinley plays down SAARC (People's Review, 18/05/2000)

SAARC : Recollections and ruminations, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 26/04/2000)

SAARC-S. Korea Economic Cooperation: Great Potential, by Chiranjibi Paudyal (Rising Nepal, 25/04/2000)

Challenge to SAARC, by  Ponna Wignaraja (Independent, 05/04/2000)
part 2 (12/04/2000)

SAARC Vision: Year 2000 And Beyond, by Girdhari Dahal (Rising Nepal, 30/03/2000)

Regional Economic Cooperation: initiatives within SAARC, by Amit Dasgupta, Director, SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu (Telegraph, 22/03/2000), part 2 (29/03/2000), part 3 (05/04/2000)

SAARC: Main achievements in cooperation, by Girdhari Dahal (Rising Nepal, 09/03/2000)

The times they are a changing, by Barbara Adams (People's Review, 17/02/2000)

Political consultations on foreign policy and security issues, by K.K. Bhargava (Telegraph, 09/02/2000)

Democratisation of SAARC, by Hari Bansh Jha (The Independent, 26 January 2000)

South Asia in doldrums, by Mohan Lohani (The Kathmandu Post, 17 January 2000)

Finding South Asia, by Khem Kumar Aryal (The Kathmandu Post, 6 January 2000)

SAARC should have dealt hijacking case (The Kathmandu Post, 4 January 2000)

Whither SAARC?, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (Spotlight, 31 December 1999)

SAARC's prospects for 2010: a European perspective, by Dick Gupwell (The Telegraph, 29 December 1999)

Mobilizing political will for the promotion of regional co-operation in South Asia, by Javed Jabbar (The Telegraph, 22 December 1999)

Summit diplomacy in South Asia: new approach needed, by by C.D. Bhatta (The Rising Nepal, 20 December 1999)

SAARC: in the process of chilling out, by Mishchal Nath Pandey (The Kathmandu Post, 13 December 1999)

Searching for identity, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 10 December 1999)

Divergent security perception and SAARC, by Kamal Thapa (The Kathmandu Post, 10 December 1999)

Conference on South Asia 2010: Nepalese vernacular media humiliated, by Ramesh Sharma (The People's Review, 9 December 1999)

The task ahead is to make SAARC more cohesive, by Ram Sharan Mahat (The Telegraph, 8 December 1999)

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