SCO approves cooperation on remote and rural territories in the digital era

The coordinators prepared the Moscow Declaration, epidemic plan, rural digital cooperation concept and statements on information security, drugs, COVID-19 and the 75th anniversary of victory over...

The tenth meeting of heads of competent drug-control agencies met by videoconference and reviewed a draft statement on the drug threat. It continued a long-running security policy through the pandemic...

The leaders met online under Russia's chairmanship, with observer-state leaders and the UN Secretary-General also participating. The format reflected the pandemic while keeping the annual summit...

The declaration reaffirmed sovereignty, civilisational diversity, the UN Charter and cooperation across security, trade and culture. Such language articulated autonomy from Western-led hierarchies,...

The summit approved a comprehensive plan for member states to counter regional epidemic threats. It proposed coordination and joint work after COVID-19 had exposed the consequences of uneven health...

The leaders approved a plan to implement the SCO Development Strategy through 2025. It continued institutional planning during a period of public-health and economic disruption.

The leaders called for practical cooperation and fair competition in digital technology, linking the 2019 ICT concept to post-pandemic economic recovery. The statement records a policy ambition rather...

The member states issued a statement on historical memory, antifascism and the creation of the United Nations. The document made collective remembrance part of the SCO's account of the postwar...

The 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of Government discussed COVID-19 recovery, public health, economic cooperation and the stigma associated with infection. It extended the SCO's pandemic...

The first 2021 Council of National Coordinators meeting reviewed the year’s event plan and foreign-ministry cooperation programme as Tajikistan’s chairmanship coincided with the SCO’s twentieth...