SCO issues a statement on digital-economy cooperation

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 summit adopted a concept for digital development in remote and rural territories. It addressed unequal access to digital infrastructure, though the approval itself did not establish implementation...

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 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...

Experts chaired by Uzbekistan discussed a draft statute for designating an SCO tourism and culture capital, linking cultural exchange and tourism policy to the chairmanship programme.

Consultations in Tashkent considered information support and media coverage for the SCO’s twentieth-anniversary summit planned in Dushanbe.