April, 2010
SAARC
The Thimphu Statement Climate change gets regional focus SAARC leaders look on as the SAARC lhadar, a traditional Bhutanese flag (not seen in the picture) is hoisted. The SAARC lhadar symbolises friendship, unity and cooperation among the member states. SAARC 30 April, 2010 - The 16th SAARC summit in Thimphu ended ... [more]
Trade In Service Agreement
Poverty alleviation through liberalisation Trade In Service Agreement30 April, 2010 - A Bhutanese construction company building roads in Nepal, a Nepali hotelier opening a resort in Bangladesh, Sir Lankan medical practitioners opening clinics in the Maldives – all this is possible with the SAARC trade in service agreement (SATIS) signed yesterday ... [more]
Indo-Pak climate change
Prime ministers Manmohan Singh and Yousuf Raza Gilani at the SAARC art exhibition yesterday in Thimphu 30 April, 2010 - “The climate has changed, we were in this beautiful weather of Thimphu and the outcome of this meeting has changed the climate between Pakistan and India,” Pakistan foreign minister Shah ... [more]
I am very optimistic
30 April, 2010 - There is desire to move forward and a special chemistry that is now going to enable better cooperation among SAARC member countries, according to the SAARC chairman, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley. At a press conference yesterday evening after the Summit he told journalists that member states agreeing ... [more]
Bringing climate change to attention artistically
Camp end: SAARC artist with the NEC officals SAARC Art Camp 30 April, 2010 - A picture paints a thousand words and if its messages are absorbed and heeded, the world would have become a far more seeing, more hearing and, above all, more feeling one. Despite the splashes of colours – ... [more]
New impetus to fight climate change
The Saarc member countries adopted the Thimphu Silver Jubilee Statement on Climate Change yesterday. Highlighting a new approach to climate change, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley said the statement would provide a strong impetus to the collaborative efforts to address climate change at the national, regional and international levels. The statement seeks ... [more]
16th SAARC summit concludes
16th SAARC summit concludes April 29: The 16th SAARC summit ended today with the adoption of the “Thimphu Silver Jubilee Declaration- Towards a Green and Happy South Asia.” In his closing speech, the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley described the deliberations as most instructive and productive. But he said the true ... [more]
PM meets Sri Lankan President
27 April, 2010 - Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley met the Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who arrived in the kingdom today to attend the 16th SAARC summit. Apart from discussing a range of bilateral issues, the two leaders also exchanged views on other issues of mutual concern at the Sri Lanka ... [more]
A meeting of minds on most issues
Standing Committee 27 April, 2010 - The south Asian region has already tasted the adverse effects of climate change, from GLOFS in Himalayan nations to flood and drought in other parts of the region. These natural disasters are likely to persist, unless people of the region begin to adjust their behaviour ... [more]
PM urges media to promote values
Lyonchhoen's address receives standing ovation PM interacts with media personnel at the reception he hosted for them Fifth SAARC Journalists’ Summit 27 April, 2010 - In a speech that received a standing ovation from around 120 journalists and media personnel from the eight SAARC countries in Paro yesterday, Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi ... [more]