The Samarkand Declaration was signed by all the member countries of the SCO. It states that “they shall endeavor to develop common principles and approaches based on the laws and consensus of the Member States”.
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization The leaders of the member countries of SCO committed to prepare a plan to prepare a unified list of banned terrorists, separatists and extremist organizations in their respective regions in an effort to deal with the security threats posed by terrorist organizations. In a joint declaration issued on Friday at the conclusion of the eight-nation organization’s annual summit in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the leaders of the SCO member countries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressed concern over the security concerns arising out of all forms of terrorism, separatism and extremism. Expressed concern over the threat and strongly condemned terrorist acts around the world.
Reaffirming a strong commitment to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism, Member States shall continue to take proactive measures to eliminate conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism, by cutting channels of financing of terrorist activities, The process of recruitment and prevention of cross-border activities, combating extremism, preventing youth from becoming radicalized, preventing the spread of terrorist ideology and sleeper cells (terrorists who live among common people and act after getting orders from their masters). come in) and resolve to eliminate the places used as safe havens for terrorists.
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The Samarkand Declaration was signed by all the member countries of the SCO. “Based on the laws and consensus of member states, they will endeavor to develop common principles and approaches to prepare a list of terrorists, separatists and extremist groups that are banned in member states,” it said. Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told reporters that the stand of each SCO member country in recognizing the threat posed by this challenge in the region and beyond is clear. In order to combat the threat of chemical and biological terrorism, the SCO member states called for the implementation of the Prohibition on the Development, Production, Storage and Use of Chemical Weapons.
“They stressed the importance of destroying all declared chemical weapons stockpiles,” the manifesto said. The member states advocated the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, which is ruled by the Taliban. “The member states consider it extremely important to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan with the participation of representatives of all ethnic, religious and political groups of Afghan society,” the declaration said. The group also advocated the formation of Afghanistan as a free, neutral, united, democratic and peaceful country free from terrorism, war and drugs.
On the issue of Iran, the SCO said that SCO member states value the continued implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iranian Nuclear Program and called on all participants to strictly implement their commitments to the full and effective implementation of the document. It said global climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic pose additional challenges to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with economic growth, social welfare and food security.
Appeal to reduce barriers to trade
“A new approach is needed to promote more equitable and effective international cooperation and sustainable economic development,” the declaration said. Member States reaffirmed their commitment to a more representative, more democratic, equitable and multipolar global order based on universally recognized principles of international law, multilateral, equal, shared, indivisible, comprehensive and sustainable security. The SCO called for creating a transparent international energy market and reducing existing barriers to trade.
It called for the strengthening of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a major forum for discussing the international trade agenda and adopting the rules of the multilateral trading system. The SCO was founded in 2001 in Shanghai and has eight full members, including the six founding members China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined it as full members in 2017.
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