1. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO formed in
15 June 2001
2. SCO Headquarters is located in
Beijing, China
3. Total Members of SCO
8 Members
4. Total Observers in SCO
4
5. Total Dialogue Partners in SCO
6
6. Official languages of SCO are?
Chinese, Russian
7. Current Secretary General of SCO?
Rashid Alimov
8. Pakistan became an observer in the SCO in?
2005
9. Pakistan applied for full membership of the SCO in?
in 2010
10. Pakistan, along with India, has become a full member of the SCO on
June 9, 2017
11. In June 2002, the heads of the SCO member states met in
St Petersburg, Russia
12. Pakistan attend a SCO summit for the first time in?
July 2005 (Astana, Kazakhstan)
13. The SCO decided to admit India and Pakistan as full members in?
In July 2015 (Ufa, Russia)
14. When and where India and Pakistan signed the memorandum of obligations of joining the SCO as full members?
in June 2016 (Tashkent, Uzbekistan,)
15. The SCO has established relations with the United Nations in ?
In 2004
16. The SCO has established relations with Commonwealth of Independent States in
In 2005
17. The SCO has established relations with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in?
In 2005
18. The SCO has established relations with the Collective Security Treaty Organization in?
In 2007
19. The SCO has established relations with the Economic Cooperation Organization in?
In 2007
20. Who is the top decision-making body in the SCO?
The Council of Heads of State
21. The first SCO joint military exercises was held in?
2003 (in Kazakhstan)
22. According to the Charter of the SCO, Summits of the Council of Heads of State shall be held ___ at alternating venues
Annually
23. Afghanistan received observer status
On 6 June 2012 in Beijing, China
24. Belarus was granted dialogue partner status
in 2009
25. Iran has observer status in the SCO, and applied for full membership on ?
24 March 2008
26. First country to receive observer status at the 2004 Tashkent Summit is?
Mongolia
27. Leaders of SCO member states, as of 2017
People’s Republic of China ( Xi Jinping , President of China)
Republic of India ( Narendra Modi , Prime Minister of India)
Republic of Kazakhstan ( Nursu Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan)
Kyrgyz Republic ( Almazbek Atambayev President of Kyrgyzstan)
Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakista ( Nawaz Sharif , Prime Minister of Pakistan)
Russian Federation ( Vladimir Pu President of Russia)
Republic of Tajikistan ( Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan)
Republic of Uzbekistan ( Sh Mirziyoyev , President of Uzbekistan)
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Important Events Of SCO
☆~■April 1996
The Shangai Five mechanism was created following the signing of the Agreement on Confidence-Building in the MIlitary Field in Border Areas between China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Shangai.
☆~■June 201
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SCO was established in Shangai at its first summit meeting and Uzbekistan was accepted as a member state.
☆~■June 2002
The SCO Charter was signed during the St. Petersburg summit.
☆~■June 2006.
SCO members issued a joint communique at the Shangai summit, saying fight against the “three evil forces” of terrorism, separatism and extremism remains the organization’s top priority.
☆~■June 2012
SCO accepted Afghanistan as observer and Turkey as dialogue partner at the summit in Beijing.
☆~■July 2015
The summit in Russian city Ufa approved the SCO Development Strategy until 2025.
☆~■June 2016
President Xi Jinping put forward a five-point proposal in speech at the summit in Uzbek capital Tashkent.
☆~■June 2017
Pakistan, along with India, has become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at Astana, Kazakhstan, where a two-day summit of the organisation.
SCO Activities
Shangha mainly focused on its member nations’ cooperation on security, military, economic and cultural norms.
SCO is centered on its memb security related concerns, like terrorism, separatism and extremism.
The organisation cyber-warfare, according to which, dissemination of information is considered “harmful to the spiritual, moral and cultural spheres of other states” and is considered a national security threat.
The organisati increased military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and counter-terrorism in the past few years as well.
SCO framework also focuses on the cultural areas of its members’ nations where art festivals and exhibitions are held for cultural cooperation.
In 2003, premier of the people’s Republic China, Wen Jiabao proposed free trade area to improve the goods flow.
The organisation participate in joint energy projects like new hydrocarbon reserves and share water resources.
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