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¡¡¡¡The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an
intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001, by China,
Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its member states
cover an area of over 30 million square kilometers, or about three fifths of
Eurasia, with a population of 1.455 billion, about a quarter of the world's
total. Its working languages are Chinese and Russian.
¡¡¡¡The SCO originated and grew from the Shanghai Five mechanism, also known as the "Shanghai Five," which was founded in 1996 and comprised China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan and Tajikistan in a bid to strengthen confidence-building, disarmament in the border regions and to promote regional cooperation. In 2000, the president of Uzbekistan was invited to the Dushanbe Summit as a guest of the host state. In 2001, the SCO was established in Shanghai and accepted Uzbekistan as a member state. |