Bishkek Declaration calls for transport and communications links

The Beijing summit adopted strategic directions for medium-term development. The strategy set shared priorities while leaving implementation to member governments and the organization’s...

The member states adopted a programme for cooperation against terrorism, separatism and extremism for 2013–2015. The programme extended coordination under the familiar three-part security framework,...

The Beijing summit revised mechanisms for political and diplomatic response to situations threatening regional peace, security and stability. The measure offered an alternative to unilateral action...

Prime ministers agreed to work on implementing the Beijing summit’s decisions and existing trade-cooperation plans. The communiqué highlights the recurring gap between high-level declarations and...

The six heads of state adopted the Bishkek Declaration, emphasizing security, development, transport connectivity and cooperation. Its broad agenda shows the SCO’s attempt to connect regional...

The governments signed an agreement to support cooperation in science and technology. It extended the SCO’s agenda beyond security and trade and created a legal framework for exchanges, although the...

The Bishkek Declaration described the 2007 treaty as a legal foundation for regional peace and prosperity. This linked the organization’s diplomatic principles to a binding instrument but did not...

The member states issued the 2014 Dushanbe Declaration, reviewing regional challenges and cooperation. The text presented the SCO as an advocate of a more equitable international order while...

At the Dushanbe summit, leaders approved a strategy to guide the organization to 2025. It set long-range policy directions but depended on future member-state decisions, budgets and implementation.

The summit approved procedures and a model memorandum defining obligations for states applying to become members. This prepared the way for later expansion while preserving the existing members’...