SCO calls for UN-centered action against terrorism

The Secretariat began work as the organization’s permanent administrative body. This gave the SCO continuity between annual summits and expanded its capacity to coordinate decisions, though it...

The permanent executive body of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure began operating in Tashkent. The institutional move made security coordination more continuous and placed a central SCO body in...

At the Tashkent summit, leaders addressed counterterrorism alongside trade, investment, transport and other cooperation areas. They described the SCO as an equal partnership and not a bloc. This...

The declaration instructed the Secretariat to prepare documents toward a Business Council and Development Fund. This was a proposal to support trade and investment projects, not evidence that the...

The Tashkent Declaration called for environmental protection and rational use of water resources to enter the organization’s cooperation agenda. This acknowledged that Central Asian security also...

The Tashkent Declaration expressed interest in a peaceful, united Afghanistan and supported international cooperation on security, reconstruction and drug trafficking. Afghanistan was treated as...

The member states proposed a wider network among Asia-Pacific multilateral organizations, including through agreements and observer relations. The proposal reflected an ambition for South-South and...

The SCO granted Mongolia observer status by Decision No. 12 of the Council of Heads of State, creating a formal channel for participation without full membership. The status illustrates how the...

The heads of state concluded their Tashkent meeting with a declaration covering security, economic integration, environmental cooperation and external relations. The agenda demonstrates the...

At the annual heads-of-government meeting, members reviewed implementation of their economic cooperation programme and discussed measures to develop trade and investment. Such steps show the gap...