Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Simplified Chinese: 上海合作组织 Russian: Шанхайская Организация Сотрудничества
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Members   Acceding States (2017)
Abbreviation	SCO / ShOS
Formation	26 April 1996
Type	Mutual security, political, economic organisation
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Membership	6 Members  China  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Russia  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan 6 Observers  Afghanistan  Belarus  India (joining c. 2017)  Iran  Mongolia  Pakistan (joining c. 2017) 6 Dialogue Partners  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Cambodia    Nepal  Sri Lanka  Turkey 3 Guests  ASEAN  CIS  Turkmenistan
Official language	Chinese, Russian
Secretary General	Rashid Olimov
Deputy Secretaries General	Mikhail Alekseyevich Konarovskiy Anvar Djamaletdinovich Nasyrov Juyin Hong Parviz Davlatkhodjayevich Dodov
Website	www.sectsco.org

Coordinates: 39°57′16.43″N 116°28′19.50″E / 39.9545639°N 116.4720833°E / 39.9545639; 116.4720833

Mikhail Alekseyevich Konarovskiy
Anvar Djamaletdinovich Nasyrov

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), or Shanghai Pact, is a Eurasian political, economic, and military organisation which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organisation. On July 10, 2015, the SCO decided to admit India and Pakistan as full members.

India and Pakistan signed the memorandum of obligations on 24 June 2016 at Tashkent, thereby starting the formal process of joining the SCO as full members. The acceptance process will take some months, by which they are expected to become full members by the next meeting at Astana in 2017.

The official working languages of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are Chinese and Russian. The official names of the organisation in the two languages (abbreviations in parentheses) are:

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Member States