[GK] Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Members	Observers	Dialogue Partners
(01) India (02) Kazakhstan (03) China (04) Kyrgyzstan (05) Pakistan (06) Russia (07) Tajikistan (08) Uzbekistan	(01) Afghanistan (02) Belarus (03) Iran (04) Mongolia	(01) Azerbaijan (02) Armenia (03) Cambodia (04) Nepal (05) Turkey (06) Sri Lanka

About the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO):

•        It is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation.

•        It’s creation was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

•        It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism.

•        The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Charter was signed during the St.Petersburg SCO Heads of State meeting in June 2002, and entered into force on 19 September 2003.

•        The SCO’s official languages are Russian and Chinese.