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H.E Mr. Thomas Gass, Ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal and Mr. Beat Nobs, Assistant State Secretary for Asia and Pacific, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland and Mr. Peter Nelson, Regional Co-ordinator for Eastern South Asia pay a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General.

Ms. Wang Lixin, Political Counsellor (DCM), Chinese Embassy in Nepal called on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC.

Mr. Terence D. Jones, UN Resident Coordinator pays a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General on 10 May 2013.

Mr. Frank Meyke, Ambassador of Germany to Nepal pays a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General on 9 May 2013.

Regional Consultative Meeting to Finalize Actionable Frameworks on Sanitation and Nutrition for South Asia

Dr. Riffat Aysha, Director, SHRDC, Islamabad pays a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General on 7th may 2013.

H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General's meeting with Dr. Ganesh Gurung, Former Chair, CARAM Asia

H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General's meeting with Mr. Niyaz Ibrahim, Auditor General and Mr. Ahmed Aslam, Senior Auditor from Maldives

Dr. Nischal N. Pandey, Director, Centre for South Asia Studies, calls on H. E. Mr Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General

Mr. Cuong Minh Nguyen, Mr. Siddhanta Vikram, Ms. Rosalind McKenzie and Binod Karmacharya ,ADB Team pay a courtesy call to H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem

Mr. Maurizio Busatti, IOM Chief of Mission pays a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC

Mr. Karma, CEO, SAARC Development Fund (SDF), makes a presentation on the activities of SDF at the SAARC Secretariat on 22 April 2013.

Mr. Karma, CEO, SDF, makes a presentation on the activities of SDF at SAARC Secretariat on 22 April 2013

Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi, Director of the UNESCO Office in New Delhi pays a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC.

Mr. Tomislav Delinic, Director, Regional Program SAARC, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung calls on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC on 17 April 2013.

Mrs. Maja Daruwala, Director, Police Reforms, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative in India called on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC

Ms. Li Jiang, Vice Governor of Yunnan Province of China with a seven member delegation calls on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC at his residence.

Ms. Anjali Sen, Regional Director of the South Asia Region of Int’l Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) accompanied by Mr. Anindit Roy Chowdhury, Director, Resource Mobilization, Advocacy & Communication and Ms. Neha Chauhan, Programme Officer, Advocacy called on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC

Mr. Chandra K Jha, Chief Executive Officer of Mountain River Film calls on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC

Subodh Pyakurel, Chairperson of INSEC and Bijaya Gautam, Executive Director of INSEC called on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC

Press briefing on the Third Meeting of SAARC Ministers on Poverty Alleviation preceded by the Fifth Meeting of Secretaries on Poverty Alleviation scheduled to be held in Kathmandu on 4-5 April 2013

Dr. G. Sanjiva Reddy, President, Indian National Trade Union Congress accompanied by the President of South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC) and Brother N. Suzuki, General Secretary of Int’l Trade Union Confederation-Asia Pacific called on H.E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General.

Dr. Rishi Raj Adhikari, Director of IFA and Pramila Acharya Rijal, Chairperson of SAARC Chamber of Women Entrepreneurship Council briefing H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General about a networking talk program with the participation of the ambassadors from the SAARC Region Program.

H.E Wu Chuntai, Ambassador of China to Nepal calls on H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC to present the credential and also to discuss about the cooperation between China and SAARC Secretariat.

Ms. Rekha Kayastha Bhandari, Chief Editor/Publisher of Milan Weekly Newspaper calls on SG to present the latest Edition, the 17th SAARC Summit Special Issue, Secretariat, 22 March 2013.

H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary-General of SAARC and H. E. Mr. Kunio Takahashi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal signed an agreement called “SAARC - Japan Special Fund”(SJSF) on 20 March, 2013.

Deputy Regional Director of UNICEF, Stephen Adiksson calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem at the Secretariat on 20 March 2013

"Citizen's Charter on Right to Sanitation in South Asia" presented to H.E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General by Water Aid Nepal

H.E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General (2nd from left) with delegation of "SAARC Regional Campaign on sanitation” organized by Water Aid.

Ms. Isabel Guerrero, Vice President of South Asia Region, World Bank, called on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC.

Dr. Nischal N. Pandey calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General

Mr. Alex Arter, ENTEC calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General

H. E. Mr. Yang Houlan, Chinese Ambassador pays a farewell call on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General

EU Ambassador Dr. Alexander SPACHIS calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General.

Mr. Alok Prasad, Vice Chairman of South Asian Microfinance Network and CEO Microfinance Institutions Network, India accompanied by Mr. Prahlad Mali, Director of South Asian Microfinance Network and CEO Center for Microfinance, Nepal calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General.

H.E. Mr. W.M. Senevirathne, Ambassador of Sri Lanka pays a courtesy call on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General

H.E. Mr. Kunio Takahashi, Ambassador of Japan calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General to discuss about youth exchange programme.

Mr. Nirvana Chaudhary, Honorary Consul of Maldives in Nepal calls on H. E.Mr. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General on 29 January 2013

Prof. Dr. Krasae Chanawongse, Chairman and Executive and Executive Director of Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Bangkok called on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General

H.E. Mr. Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan pays a courtesy call on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General.

H.E. Mr. Yang Houlan, Ambassador of China to Nepal calls on H. E. Ahmed Saleem at SAARC Secretariat on 08 Jan 2013

Ms. Zehra Akbari, Director General (South Asia/SAARC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan called on H. E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General on Friday, 4 January 2013

Forty-third Session of the Programming Committee at the SAARC Secretariat on 3-5 January 2013

Seminar on Role of Microfinance in Poverty Alleviation in the Context of SAARC - A Talk Programme by Prof Mohammad Yunus at the Secretariat on 22 December 2012

SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem with Rt. Hon'ble Mr. Paramananda Jha, Vice-President of Nepal and Hon'ble Mr. Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Dy. Prime Minister & Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal during SAARC Charter Day celebration on Saturday, 8th December 2012 at the Secretariat.

ADB delegation - Mr. Ronald Antonio Q. Butiong, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, Mr. Cuong Nguyen, Sr. Economist (Reg Cooperation) and Mr. Binod K. Karmacharya, Nepal Resident Mission, pay a courtesy call on SAARC Secretary General on 30 November 2012

Australian Ambassador Grace, accompanied by Dr. Christian Roth, Senior Principal Research Scientist & Int'l Projects Manager, Agri. Systems Prog, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences from Australia calls on SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 29 November 2012.

SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem with Ms. Azra Ahmed, President of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives on 28 November 2012.

Mr. Najibullah M. Assifi, Officer In-charge of UNFPA called on SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 28 November 2012.

Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Dy. Regional Director for South-East Asia, New Delhi paid courtesy call to SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 28 November 2012.

Dr. Wasim Zaman, Executive Director, Int'l Council on Management of Population Programmes, Malaysia paid a courtesy call to SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 23 November 2012.

Delegation from the China Foreign Affairs University led by Vice President Mr. Qin Yaqing paid courtesy call to SAARC Secretary Ahmed Saleem on 21 November 2012

Mr. Roger Baptiste Ruffy, Diplomatic Adviser and Ms. Sylvie Thoral, Head of Delegation of ICRC-Nepal called on SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 20 November 2012.

Dr. Dev Raj Dahal, head, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-Nepal paid a courtesy call on SAARC Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 20 November 2012.

A delegation from Near East South Asia Centre for Strategic Studies, Washington DC led by its Director, Mr.A.H.B.James Larocco called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 12th November 2012.

H.E. Mr.Thomas Gass, Ambassador of Switzerland paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 2nd November 2012.

Secretary General Ahmed Saleem with their Majesties, Highnesses, and Excellencies, Heads of States of the Asian Countries during the First Asian Cooperation Dialogue Summit held at Kuwait on 15-17 October 2012.

Ms. Phillippa Erica Dargan, Acting Director of Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, Australia, called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 12th October 2012.

H.E. Mr.Peter W. Bodde, Ambassador of the United States of America to Nepal, paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 10th October 2012.

H.E. Mr. Jean-Charles Demarquis, Ambassador of France paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 9th October 2012.

Governing Board Meeting of SAARC Energy Centre held in Islamabad on 18-19 September 2012.

Governing Board Meeting of SAARC Meteorological Research Centre held in Dhaka on 12-13 September 2012

H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary-General of SAARC, paid a courtesy call on H. E. Mr. Mohamed Waheed Deen, Vice President of the Republic of Maldives at the President’s Office in Malé on 27 September 2012.

Ms. Fatima Rabab, Regional Coordinator & Advisor for SA,International Organization for Migration, Bangkok, along with Mr. Thomas Sinkovits, Chief of Mission of Nepal called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 19th September 2012.

H.E. Mr.Arshed Saud Khosa, Ambassador of Pakistan, paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 17th September 2012.

H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary-General of SAARC, launching two books, namely, "SAARC: Towards Meaningful Cooperation" and "Towards a More Cooperative South Asia" at a ceremony organized by the Centre for South Asian Studies and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Kathmandu on 6 September 2012.

H.E. Dr.Alexander Spachis, Ambassador & Head of Delegation of EU called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 31st August 2012.

Mr.S.M.D.P. Anura Jayatilake, Director General, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 29th August 2012.

Ms.Tine Staermose, Director, ILO Decent Work Team for SA and ILO Country Office for India paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 27th August 2012.

Mr.Kedar Bhakta Shrestha, former Foreign Secretary of Nepal called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 24th August 2012.

Mr.Azmat Ulla, Head of Regional Delegation, International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, New Delhi, called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem, on 24th Aug'12.

Ms.Cristina Albertin, Representative, UNODC, New Delhi, paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 23rd August 2012.

Ms.Nobuko Horibe, Regional Director, Asia and the Regional Pacific Regional Office, New Delhi, called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 23rd August 2012.

Ms.Patricia A. Mahoney, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of the United States of America, called on Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC on 22nd August 2012.

A delegation led by H.E. Ms.Fu Ying, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, China called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 13th August 2012

Secretary General Ahmed Saleem called on H.E. Dr. Mohamed Waheed, President of the Republic of Maldives on 9th April 2012.

H.E. Mr.Yang Houlan, Ambassador of China to Nepal, presented his credential letter to H.E. Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General, as Ambassador of SAARC, on 9th August 2012.

Dr.Lin Aung, Representative, World Health Organisation, paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 8th August 2012.

A delegation led by Dr. Mallika Joseph, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 7th August 2012.

Ms.Tahseen Sayed, Country Manager, World Bank paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 2nd August 2012.

Prof.Tulasi Diwas (Joshi), Poet, Folklorist and Cultural Exper, and President of Nepali Folklore Society, called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 31st July 2012.

Prof.Dr.Akbaruddin Ahmad, Chairman of Policy Research Centre and Vice Chancellor of Darul Ihsan University, Bangladesh, called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 30th July 2012.

Indian Army General (Retd) Ashok K. Mehta called on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 25th July 2012.

H.E. Mr.John Tucknott, British Ambassador to Nepal paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ahmed Saleem on 25th July 2012.

SG with Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai at Singha Durbar on Friday, 23 March 2012

The Secretary General called on Honorable Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley at Thimphu, Bhutan on Thursday, 24 May 2012

The Secretary General called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees, Sri Lanka on Monday 28 May 2012

H.E. Dr. Sergay Vasilievich Velichkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation pays a courtesy call on the Secretary-General. (29 June 2012)

Mr. Cuong Minh Nguyen, Senior Economist, Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division, South Asia Department in the ADB, Manila pays courtesy call on SG on Friday, 22 June 2012

H.E. Kim Il-Doo, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea paid a courtesy call on the Secretary-General on Friday, 22 June 2012

H.E. Ahmed Saleem, SAARC Secretary General called on H. E. Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 19 June 2012

H.E. Mrs. Jan Henderson, High Commissioner of New Zealand, New Delhi, paid a courtesy call on the Secretary General of SAARC, Mr.Ahmed Saleem, on 14th June 2012.

Secretary General of SAARC, Mr.Ahmed Saleem with H.E Mr.Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, in New York

Secretary General, Mr.Ahmed Saleem paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Hon.Lyonchhen Jigme Y. Thinley on 24th May 2012.

Deputy Chief of Mission, Turkish Embassy, New Delhi, paid a courtesy call on the Secretary General on 5th June 2012.

H.E. Mr.Thosapala Hewage, Ambassador of Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on the Secretary General on 5th June 2012.

H.E. Mr.Kunio Takahashi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, presented his credential letter signed by Foreign Minister of Japan, to Secretary General of SAARC as Permanent Representative of SAARC with effect from 26 April 2012.

Ms.Sylvie Thoral, Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross, paid a courtesy call on the Secretary General on 21st May 2012.

Secretary General Ahmed Saleem visited SAARC Energy Centre in Islamabad on 16th May 2012.

Ms. Katharina Francisca Maria Hulshof, Regional Director of UNICEF/ROSA called on H.E.Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General, on 8th May 2012.

Dr. Rinchen Chophel, Director General, South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC), met the Secretary General on 27th April 2012.

H.E. Ms.Susan Grace, Ambassador of Australia to Nepal, called on H.E. Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General, on 25th April 2012.

Ms.Sharon Riggle, Director, UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in SA & Pacific, accompanied by Dy.Director Mr.Aleksander Micis, called on H.E. Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC, on 5 April 2012

Under Secretary General, Ministry of External Relations of Brazil, Amb.Maria Edilueza Fontenele Reis and Ambassador of Brazil H.E. Marcos B.D.Ribeiro, met Secretary General of SAARC, on 3rd April 2012.

H.E. Mr.Scott H. DeLisi, Ambassador of the United States of America to Nepal, called on H.E. Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC, on 2nd April 2012.

H.E. Mr.Kunio Takahashi, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC, on 27th March 2012.

Delegation from SAARC Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs Council led by its Chairperson Ms.Pramila Acharya Rijal, called on H.E. Mr.Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of SAARC, on 22nd March 2012.

17 SAARC Summit - Addu City Convention Center

Inter-Governmental Meeting to finalise the Draft SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters, Maldives, 25-26 May 2011

Ms. Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne, receiving SAARC Youth Award 2010

Steering Committee Meeting for the establishment of South Asia Forum - New Delhi, 28-29 April 2011
Steering Committee Meeting for the establishment of South Asia Forum - New Delh
H.E Wu Chuntai, Ambassador of China to Nepal calls on SG.

March 25, 2013
H.E. Mr. Wu Chuntai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on 25th March 2013. The Secretary General congratulated Mr. Chuntai on his appointment as Ambassador of China and thanked China for its support and cooperation as an important observer country of SAARC.

Both the Secretary General and the Ambassador expressed their hope of consolidating and enhancing the cooperation between the SAARC and China in the future.
Secretary-General of SAARC welcomes Japan’s contribution to JENESYS 2.0

March 22, 2013
(SAARC Secretariat/ Kathmandu, 20 March 2013): Secretary-General of SAARC, Ahmed Saleem, today welcomed Japan’s decision to contribute JPY 623,500,000.00 to the SAARC Secretariat for the Japan-East Asia Youth Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS 2.0).
Secretary-General calls on Indian dignitaries

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H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary-General of SAARC, called on H. E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister...
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H. E. Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Secretary-General of SAARC, called on H. E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs of India on 2 May 2013 in New Delhi.�

During the meeting, the Secretary-General apprised the Minister of the ongoing activities of SAARC, with particular reference to the efforts underway to promote intra-regional trade and connectivity. He also expressed his gratitude to the Minister for the continuous support that he has been receiving from the Government of India in carrying out his responsibilities as the Secretary-General of SAARC since assuming...
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