Special Report: Sixth Summit Meeting of SCO
Joint Communiqué of 2006 SCO summit [full text]
SCO
members put fight against "three evil forces" top priority
SHANGHAI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) members issued a joint communiqué here Thursday, saying that
the fight against the "three evil forces" remains the organization's top
priority.
"It remains the top priority of the organization to
combat the threats posed by terrorism, separatism and extremism as well as
illegal drug trafficking, which have not diminished but aggravated in scale and
degree," says the joint communiqué, which was released after the SCO concluded
its annual summit.
Founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, the SCO
comprises China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
On the day when the organization was founded, the six
heads of state signed the Shanghai Pact on fighting terrorism, separatism and
extremism. To coordinate SCO members' efforts in fighting the "three evil
forces", the SCO set up a regional anti-terrorism agency in Tashkent, capital of
Uzbekistan.
The joint communiqué says the heads of state spoke
positively of the work done by the SCO regional anti-terrorism structure, and
were convinced that this structure has the potential to better perform its
duties and carry out its mission.
The SCO members have conducted three joint
anti-terrorism military exercises and will hold another one in Russia in
2007.
SCO members pledge closer co-op on world stage
SHANGHAI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) members issued a joint communiqué here Thursday,
saying that they will enhance cooperation on world stage.
"The SCO will try to expand cooperation among member
states in the international arena in various forms and by various means," the
communiqué says, which was issued at the end of the SCO summit.
Founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, the SCO
comprises China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Presidents of the six member states attended Thursday's summit.
Presidents and representatives of Mongolia, Pakistan,
Iran and India, which are the observer states of the organization, also attended
the meeting.
The communiqué says the organization will hold
regular consultations with observers and international organizations concerned.
"This is fully applicable to the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group which is already
functioning."
According to the communiqué, the heads of state
pointed out with satisfaction that the initiative endorsed by the Council of
Heads of State in Tashkent 2004 on establishing cooperative relations among
international organizations in the Asia Pacific was warmly and widely received.
They welcomed the signing of cooperation documents
between the SCO and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Community
(EURASEC), according to the communiqué.
"They reiterated that the SCO is ready to forge
similar ties with other international organizations and financial institutions
on the basis of equality and mutual respect," the communiqué says.
"The SCO Secretariat should, together with the
Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-terrorist Structure, closely follow
the implementation of cooperation documents signed between the SCO and other
organizations and energetically promote concrete cooperation with the
observers," it says.
The heads of state also entrusted the Council of
National Coordinators to make recommendations on the procedure of SCO membership
enlargement, the communiqué says, adding that this procedure should fully
conform to the purposes and goals set forth in the Charter of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization, ensure the effectiveness of all treaties that form the
legal basis of the SCO, help strengthen its unity and guarantee the
applicability of the principle of consensus to consultations on all matters and
at all levels of the SCO.
According to the communiqué, the next meeting of the
Council of Heads of State will be held in Bishkek in 2007. Kyrgyzstan will
assume SCO presidency next year. Enditem
