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Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
History
1996 Shanghai Five
China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Aimed at military confidence building among member countries and reciprocal reduction of military forces in border regions
2001 Uzbekistan joined and the Shanghai Six was renamed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
The fight against terrorism, separatism, extremism, across-the-border crime and drug trafficking remain the priority issues for the SCO.
Members:
China Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan
Observer States:
India Iran Mongolia Pakistan
Dialogue Partners:
Belarus Sri Lanka
Purposes:
strengthening mutual trust and good-neighborliness and friendship among member states developing their effective cooperation in political affairs, the economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, energy, transportation, environmental protection and other fields working together to maintain regional peace, security and stability promoting the creation of a new international political and economic order featuring democracy, justice and rationality.
Principles:
adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations respect for each other's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, noninterference in each other's internal affairs, mutual non-use or threat of use of force equality among all member states
Principles:
settlement of all questions through consultations non-alignment and no directing against any other country or organization opening to the outside world and willingness to carry out all forms of dialogues, exchanges and cooperation with other countries and relevant international or regional organizations.
Council of Heads of State Council of Heads of Government Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Conference of Heads of Ministries/Agencies Council of National Coordinators Secretariat Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS)
INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP
Secretariat
Main functions:
To provide organizational and technical support of activities of the SCO to participate in the study and implementation of SCO documents to draft annual budget proposals
Security Cooperation
15 June 2001 Shanghai Convention Against Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism was signed. June 2002 Agreement on Counter-Terrorism Regional Structure was signed October 2002 China and Kyrgyzstan conducted a joint anti-terrorism military exercise August 2003 member states held a successful multilateral joint anti-terrorism military maneuver
Economic Cooperation
14 September 2001 SCO member states signed a Memorandum on the Basic Objectives and Orientation of Regional Economic Cooperation and the Launching of a Process of Trade and Investment Facilitation 23 September 2003 SCO member states adopted a plan for multilateral economic trade cooperation 17 June 2004 Tashkent Declaration was signed
WORKING BODIES
Sources
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/topics/sco/t57970.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_O rganisation#Membership http://www.mfa.gov.by/en/organizations/membership /list/c2ee3a2ec2158899.html http://en.ce.cn/subject/sco2011/sco2011b/201106/17 /t20110617_22486039.shtml http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sco/201006/09/content_9956191.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/int/sco.h tm