Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO)

About Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO):

• The SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation. It is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance and has been the primary security pillar of the region.
• History: 
  • It was established in 2001. It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism.
  • The Heads of State Council (HSC) is the supreme decision-making body in the SCO.
  • It meets once a year and adopts decisions and guidelines on all important matters of the organisation.
• The organisation has two permanent bodies:
  • the SCO Secretariat based in Beijing.
  • the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) based in Tashkent.
• Membership:
  • Eight member states: India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
  • India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017.
  • Four observer states:Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia.

Source : All India Radio

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