SAARC Information Centre set up in Kathmandu

The Information Centre of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation was set up in Kathmandu to collect information relating to SAARC and exchanging information among the countries.

The centre's main functions are to collect information of activities in all SAARC countries, to play the role of the SAARC information bank, to coordinate and promote the on-going SAARC exchange program and to set up coordination between print and electronic media.

The centre's management committee will have 10 members which include one each representative from SAARC countries, one from the SAARC secretariat, one from Nepali Foreign Ministry and one representative from the Information Department of Nepal. - Xinhua