SCO Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue (SCOJtEx-2019)

News:Indian Home Minister will inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search and Rescue in New Delhi.

Facts:

About the exercise:

• The exercise SCOJtEx-2019 will be hosted by the National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) at New Delhi.
• The aim of the exercise is to rehearse the disaster response mechanism, share knowledge, experience and technology for mutual coordination. 
• The exercise will wlso test the region’s preparedness and resilience towards effective activation of Intergovernmental interaction for immediate response.
• The participants of all eight member countries namely China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will be participating in this exercise.

Additional information:

About Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO):

• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) also known as the Shanghai Pact is a Eurasian political, economic, and military organisation.
• It was was founded in 2001 in Shanghai.The Secretariat of SCO is based in Beijing,China.
• The members of the SCO are China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.