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Colombo Declaration of the 15th SAARC Summit
Introduction
Regional cooperation
A Partnership for Growth for the Peoples of South Asia
Energy
Environment
Water Resources
Poverty Alleviation
SAARC Development Fund (SDF)
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Development
Science and Technology
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SAFTA and Trade Facilitation
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SAARC Social Charter
Women and Children
Education
Combating Terrorism
Joint Positions
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Sixteenth Summit
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Introduction

The President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, His Excellency Mr. Hamid Karzai; the Chief Adviser of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, His Excellency Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed; the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, His Excellency Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley; the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, His Excellency Dr. Manmohan Singh; the President of the Republic of Maldives, His Excellency Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom; the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the Rt. Hon’ble Girija Prasad Koirala; the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, His Excellency Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani; and the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, met at the Fifteenth Summit meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 2-3, 2008.