SCO heads of government address pandemic recovery and social stigma

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 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 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.

At a four-day meeting, national coordinators reviewed draft documents for the heads-of-government meeting and foreign-ministers meeting, while planning anniversary events.

Rectors of member-state public-administration academies met in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation between academies and government services. The event presented institutional exchange as one strand of...