Why in the News?
The first meeting of the Council of National Coordinators (CNC) for 2026 of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization opened in Beijing, under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz Republic, to finalise the agenda for upcoming high level SCO summits.
Council of National Coordinators (CNC)
- The primary coordination and management mechanism of the SCO
- Acts as the link between member states and SCO standing bodies
- Coordination: Synchronises multilateral cooperation in line with the SCO Charter
- Preparation: Conducts groundwork for meetings of
- Council of Heads of State
- Council of Heads of Government
- Implementation: Oversees execution of decisions taken at previous SCO summits
Participants
- Representatives of all 10 SCO member states
- SCO Secretariat
- Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS)
- SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev delivered the opening address
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
- A permanent intergovernmental international organization
- The world’s largest regional body by geographic scope and population
- Represents about 42 percent of global population and over 23 percent of global nominal GDP
- Established: June 15, 2001
- Predecessor: Shanghai Five (1996)
- Headquarters: Beijing
- Official languages: Russian and Chinese
Member States of SCO
- China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Belarus
| [2022] Consider the following:
1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 2. Missile Technology Control Regime 3. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation India is a member of which of the above? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 |
