Seminar on SAARC at 30

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a seminar on 8 December 2015 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of SAARC titled “SAARC at 30: Achievements, Potentials and Challenges” at its auditorium in Dhaka where Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, MP, honourable State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Session. He said “Our great leader, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman mooted the idea of regional cooperation in South Asia as early as 1972, which was eventually materialised institutionally in 1985, when SAARC was established”.

Three presentations were made in the seminar. Mr. Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman of Apex Footwear Ltd. made a presentation on “Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation”. Professor Dr. Delwar Hossain, Department of International Relations of Dhaka University made a presentation on “Developmental and Social Perspectives”. Ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad, Chairman of the Board of Governors of BIISS made a presentation on “Inter-State Relations and South Asian Regionalism”.