SCO Secretariat and UNESCO formalise cooperation

A heads-of-state statement called for joint efforts to address epidemic threats in the SCO space. It created a policy basis later invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The appeal and action programme connected youth cooperation with preventing recruitment into terrorist, separatist and extremist organisations. The document presents youth through a security lens as...

A joint communiqué called for streamlining trade procedures among member states. It linked the organisation's political expansion to ambitions for practical economic connectivity.

The Qingdao summit adopted a concept for cooperation in environmental protection, creating a basis for later ministerial coordination on ecological issues.

The memorandum supported cooperation among member-state agencies responsible for foreign economic and trade activity, including support for micro, small and medium enterprises.

Prime ministers and other senior representatives met to review economic and humanitarian cooperation after the Qingdao summit. India and Pakistan took part in the enlarged format.

The Dushanbe communiqué advanced trade cooperation, agriculture and food security, interregional cooperation, research links, education and cultural exchange. It also urged follow-through on the...

The assembly brought youth representatives together under the theme of countering terrorism and extremism. It implemented the 2018 leaders' appeal while reinforcing the institution's security...

The SCO Council of National Coordinators discussed the 2019 summit, the heads-of-government meeting in Tashkent, and Kyrgyzstan's presidency agenda. This preparatory work shaped what leaders could...

The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Council met in Tashkent as a standing security mechanism. Its work illustrates how the SCO operationalised cooperation through permanent bodies between annual...