Participation in the Southern Asian Association for Regional Development ( SAARC ) Decade of the Girl Child ; Participation in the SAARC Ministerial Conference on Children held in Islamabad in August 1996 and signing of the resolutions of the Conference ; Signing of the Master Plan of Operations ( MOP ) 1997-2001 established between the UNICEF representative in Bhutan and the Finance Ministry on 31 December 1996 .