Backgrounder: Chronology of SCO summits
15/6/2006 15:17
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) holds its sixth annual summit
in Shanghai on Thursday. The following is a chronology of SCO summits.
--
June 15, 2001, presidents of China, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan hold the first SCO summit in Shanghai, at which a joint statement
is issued to announce Uzbekistan's participation into the "Shanghai Five," the
launch of the SCO and the Shanghai convention on crackdown on terrorism,
separatism and extremism.
-- June 7, 2002, the second SCO summit convenes in
Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg. The documents signed at the
summit include the charter of the SCO, the agreement on setting up an
anti-terrorism agency and the presidents' declaration charting the regional
organization's goals.
-- May 29, 2003, the heads of state from the six SCO
member states hold their third summit in Moscow to discuss ways to meet
challenges and strengthen cooperation in the region. At the summit, consensus is
reached on the institutionalization of the regional body and on some major
international issues. In a joint declaration, the leaders vow to further develop
a comprehensive partnership among the six countries to face new threats and
challenges.
-- June 17, 2004, the fourth SCO summit meeting is held in
Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent. At the summit, presidents of the six SCO member
states formally launch the Regional Anti-terrorist Structure and pledge to
cooperate in fighting terrorism and new security threats and in strengthening
their economic and trade ties.
-- July 5, 2005, SCO leaders hold their fifth
summit in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, to discuss measures to strengthen unity
and further cooperation in economy, security and people-related affairs. At the
summit, agreements are inked for fighting the three "evil forces" of terrorism,
separatism and extremism and on assistance in emergency relief in disasters.
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