Shanghai Cooperation Organisation facts for kids
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Formation | June 21, 2001 |
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Membership
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6 member states, 4 observer states |
Official language
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Chinese, Russian |
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization founded on June 14, 2001 by the leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. With the exception of Uzbekistan, they had been known before as the Five of Shanghai.
Images for kids
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, at one time the leaders of the Shanghai Five.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai at an SCO summit in 2004.
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SCO leaders at Peace Mission 2007. Hu Jintao, Vladimir Putin, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Islam Karimov
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Leaders present at the SCO summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 2009.
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Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon President of Tajikistan
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Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Uzbekistan