The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution on the issue of cooperation between UN and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The latter includes six countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China. According to the SCO Secretary General Rashid Alimov, the adoption of the resolution signals the launch of a new stage of partnership relation development with the UN.

“Since December 2004, the SCO has had a status of an observer in the UN.  In April 2010, the Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the UN and SCO Secretariats was adopted,” he said, Radio UN reports.

In Alimov’s words, on November 22 a special high-level event dedicated to practical issues of such cooperation will be held in the UN on November 22. He also noted that in near future two more organizations – Pakistan and India – will join this regional organization at the SCO summit in Astana.