Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is an intergovernmental mutual-security organisation which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
• Except for Uzbekistan, the other countries had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organisation.
• The official working languages of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are Chinese and Russian.
  
• Member States              
  

  Date	Country	Enlargement
  26 April 1996	China	Founders
  	Kazakhstan
  	Kyrgyzstan
  	Russia
  	Tajikistan
  15 June 2001	Uzbekistan	First

•  Dialogue Partners
  •  Belarus
  •  Sri Lanka
• Observer States
  •  India
  •  Iran
  •  Mongolia
  •  Pakistan
• Guest Attendances
  • ASEAN
  •  CIS
  •  Turkmenistan