January 30 – February 05

According to reports, the Maldives has conveyed to the SAARC member states that it would soon nominate a new candidate as the SAARC Secretary General. The post fell vacant with effect from January 22 as the former secretary general, Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed, a Maldivian national, resigned on January 20 amid allegations from senior Maldivian officials of favouring anti-government forces in the country's political issues. 1

• 1. “Maldives to fill Saarc secretary general post soon”, The Daily Star, January 31, 2012 at http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=220562