ROLE OF SAARC DURING COVID’19 PANDEMICS, IT’S SUCCESS AND FAILURE. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
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Finding out the "Role of SAARC during Covid'19 periods, its success and failure" is the main objective of the current study. Critical evaluation. The member nations of SAARC are Afghanistan, Bhutan, the Maldives, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is noteworthy that all of these nations are developing nations, despite the apparent rapidity of their rate of development. SAARC is one of the most significant and significant regional organisations in the world. Moreover, the prime aim and objective of SAARC is to give strength and unite all the member countries from all perspectives like multidimensional relationship, economic power, and self-sufficiency. When the World Health Organization (WHO) investigated reported and on coronavirus, accordingly SAARC took excellent measures and brought great safety in the region by following the guidelines of WHO and by collaborating with every member state of SAARC. The statues of SAARC as a regional inter-governmental institution is struggling a lot in terms of dealing with a number of issues since its birth, as this organization is known as back bone to connect all member countries with each other and make them work together. It is also crucial to note that this organization underwent a radical change in its operating procedures, making great efforts to replace its antiquated and outdated methods of dealing with its goals and objectives—namely, strengthening regional multilateral and bilateral relations—with more contemporary ones. The purpose of the current study is to attempt to answer the key question: How has SAARC managed to unite its member nations in the face of several other disputes and rivalries? In order to reach a just conclusion, the activity of this organisation is experimentally studied in this study project.
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