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