SAARC
Secretariat: Kathmandu, Nepal
Official languages: English
Establishment: December 8, 1985
SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on 16 January 1987
Members: (8) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Observers: (9) China, US, Australia, EU, Iran, Japan, Mauritius, Myanmar & South Korea
Chairman: Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik
Secretary-General: Ahmed Saleem
ASEAN
Secretariat: Jakarta, Indonesia
Official languages: English
Secretary-General: Surin Pitsuwan
Establishment
Bangkok Declaration: 8 August 1967
Charter signed on: 16 December 2008
Members: (10) Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore , Thailand, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
OIC
Secretariat: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Official languages: Arabic, English, French
Establishment: September 25, 1969
Secretary-General: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu (Turkish)
Members: 57 member states
It changed its name from the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on 28 June 2011 and renamed as Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
ECO
Secretariat: Tehran, Iran
Official languages: English
Establishment: 1985
successor organisation of Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD), founded in 1964, which ended activities in 1979.
Secretary-General: Shamil Aleskerov
Members: 10 member states Iran, Pakistan, Turkey Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
SCO
Secretariat: Beijing, China
Official languages: Chinese and Russian
Establishment: 2001
Secretary-General: Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev
Members: (6 Members) China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
successor organization Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organization.
Observers: (5 )Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Mongolia
Dialogue Partner: Belarus, Sri Lanka and Turkey
Guests: ASEAN, CIS and Turkmenistan
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