#SCO
#international_organizations
▪️Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
◾️ SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and security alliance, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
▪️Headquarters: Beijing, China
▪️SCO has 8 Member States - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan;
◾️Observer States 4 - Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia and
◾️Dialogue Partners 6 - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia,
Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.
◾️ Official working languages of the SCO are Chinese and Russian.
◾️ The organisation has two permanent bodies — the SCO
Secretariat based in Beijing and the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) based in Tashkent.
◾️ SCO conducted Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue (SCOJtEx-2019) in New Delhi
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#international_organizations
▪️Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
◾️ SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and security alliance, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai, China by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
▪️Headquarters: Beijing, China
▪️SCO has 8 Member States - China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan;
◾️Observer States 4 - Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia and
◾️Dialogue Partners 6 - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia,
Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.
◾️ Official working languages of the SCO are Chinese and Russian.
◾️ The organisation has two permanent bodies — the SCO
Secretariat based in Beijing and the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) based in Tashkent.
◾️ SCO conducted Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue (SCOJtEx-2019) in New Delhi
@mapping_prelims_mains