上海合作组织Шанхайская организация

сотрудничества

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

History

• 1996 – Shanghai Five– China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan – Aimed at military confidence building among member

countries and reciprocal reduction of military forces in border regions

• 2001 – Uzbekistan joined and the Shanghai Six was renamed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization– The fight against terrorism, separatism, extremism,

across-the-border crime and drug trafficking remain the priority issues for the SCO.

Observer States:• India• Iran• Mongolia• Pakistan

Dialogue Partners:• Belarus• Sri Lanka

Members:• China• Russia• Kazakhstan• Kyrgyzstan• Tajikistan• Uzbekistan

Working languages: Chinese and Russian

Purposes:

• strengthening mutual trust and good-neighborliness and friendship among member states

• developing their effective cooperation in political affairs, the economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, energy, transportation, environmental protection and other fields

• working together to maintain regional peace, security and stability

• promoting the creation of a new international political and economic order featuring democracy, justice and rationality.

Principles:

• adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations

• respect for each other's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, mutual non-use or threat of use of force

• equality among all member states

Principles:

• settlement of all questions through consultations• non-alignment and no directing against any

other country or organization• opening to the outside world and willingness to

carry out all forms of dialogues, exchanges and cooperation with other countries and relevant international or regional organizations.

INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP

Council of Heads of StateCouncil of Heads of GovernmentCouncil of Ministers of Foreign AffairsConference of Heads of Ministries/AgenciesCouncil of National CoordinatorsSecretariatRegional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS)

Council of Heads of State

• Supreme decision-making body of the SCO• Main functions:– to identify priority areas and basic directions of SCO

activities– to determine matters of principle concerning SCO internal

set-up and operation– to decide on matters of principle of SCO cooperation with

other countries and international organizations– to study pressing international issues

Council of Heads of Government

• Main functions:– to adopt SCO budgets– to study and determine the principal matters of

cooperation in specific areas within the SCO framework, especially in the economic field

Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

• Main functions:– to study and resolve major issues of current SCO activities– preparing for the meeting of the Council of Heads of State– implementing SCO decisions– conducting consultations on international issues that fall

within the scope of the Organization– when necessary, the Council makes statements on behalf

of the SCO

Conference of Heads of Ministries

• Main function:– To study and resolve specific questions of

cooperation in specialized areas

Council of National Coordinators

• Main function:– Coordination and administration of current

activities of the organization

Secretariat

• Main functions:– To provide organizational and technical support of

activities of the SCO– to participate in the study and implementation of

SCO documents– to draft annual budget proposals

Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure

• Main function:– To coordinate SCO member activities against

terrorism, separatism and extremism

SECURITY AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Security Cooperation

• 15 June 2001 – Shanghai Convention Against Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism was signed.

• June 2002 – Agreement on Counter-Terrorism Regional Structure was signed

• October 2002 – China and Kyrgyzstan conducted a joint anti-terrorism military exercise

• August 2003 – member states held a successful multilateral joint anti-terrorism military maneuver

Economic Cooperation

• 14 September 2001 – SCO member states signed a Memorandum on the Basic Objectives and Orientation of Regional Economic Cooperation and the Launching of a Process of Trade and Investment Facilitation

• 23 September 2003 – SCO member states adopted a plan for multilateral economic trade cooperation

• 17 June 2004 – Tashkent Declaration was signed

WORKING BODIES

Business CouncilInterbank Association

The ForumYouth Council

Sources：• http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/topics/sco/t57970.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation#Membership• http://www.mfa.gov.by/en/organizations/membership/

list/c2ee3a2ec2158899.html• http://en.ce.cn/subject/sco2011/sco2011b/201106/17/

t20110617_22486039.shtml• http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sco/2010-

06/09/content_9956191.htm• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/int/sco.htm