<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC ) ( show ) <Ul> <Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Bengali : </Th> <Td> দক্ষিণ এশীয় আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থা </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dari : </Th> <Td> اتحادیه همکاری‌های منطقه‌ای جنوب آسی </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dzongkha : </Th> <Td> ༄ ལྷོ ཨེསིཨ ་ རེ ་ གིཨོནལ ་ ཅོཨོཔེརཏིཨོན ་ ཀོ ་ མི ་ ཏི ། </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hindi : </Th> <Td> दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठन </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Maldivian : </Th> <Td> ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެއްބާރުލުމުގެ ޖަމިއްޔާ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nepali : </Th> <Td> दक्षिण एशियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठन </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pashto : </Th> <Td> د سویلي اسیا لپاره د سیمه ایزی همکارۍ ټولنه </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sinhalese : </Th> <Td> දකුණු ආසියාතික කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානය </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tamil : </Th> <Td> தெற்காசிய நாடுகளின் பிராந்தியக் கூட்டமைப்பு </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Urdu : </Th> <Td> جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون کی تنظیم ‬ </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Li> </Ul> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Logo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Member states Observer states </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Kathmandu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official languages </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Demonym </Th> <Td> South Asian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Member states </Th> <Td> 8 members ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Afghanistan </Li> <Li> Bangladesh </Li> <Li> Bhutan </Li> <Li> India </Li> <Li> Maldives </Li> <Li> Nepal </Li> <Li> Pakistan </Li> <Li> Sri Lanka </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> 9 observers ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> EU </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Japan </Li> <Li> Mauritius </Li> <Li> Myanmar </Li> <Li> South Korea </Li> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Secretary - General </Th> <Td> Amjad B. Hussain </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Establishment </Th> <Td> 8 December 1985 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Area </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> 5,099,611 km ( 1,968,971 sq mi ) ( 7th ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water ( % ) </Th> <Td> 6.8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2015 estimate </Th> <Td> 1,713,870,000 ( 1st ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Density </Th> <Td> 336.1 / km ( 870.5 / sq mi ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP ( PPP ) </Th> <Td> 2015 estimate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> US $9.9 trillion ( 3rd ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GDP ( nominal ) </Th> <Td> 2015 estimate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> US $ 2.9 trillion ( 5th ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> 8 currencies ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Afghani ( AFN ) </Li> <Li> Taka ( ৳ ) ( BDT ) </Li> <Li> Ngultrum ( BTN ) </Li> <Li> Rupee ( ₹ ) ( INR ) </Li> <Li> Rufiyaa ( MVR ) </Li> <Li> Rupee ( रु . ) ( NPR ) </Li> <Li> Rupee ( PKR ) </Li> <Li> Rupee ( LKR ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Time zone </Th> <Td> ( UTC + 4 : 30 to + 6 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Calling code </Th> <Td> 8 codes ( show ) <Ul> <Li> + 880 </Li> <Li> + 91 </Li> <Li> + 92 </Li> <Li> + 93 </Li> <Li> + 94 </Li> <Li> + 960 </Li> <Li> + 975 </Li> <Li> + 977 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Internet TLD </Th> <Td> . asia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Website www.saarc-sec.org </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the south asian association for regional co-operation ( saarc ) formed
8 December 1985