SCO calls for Global front to fight terror groups

SCO calls for Global front to fight terror groups

News:

1. In the recently held Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Qingdao, China, the member states resolved to combat terrorism, extremism and separatism

Important facts

2. The SCO is an international grouping which comprises of 8 countries: China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, China and Russia.
3. The Qingdao Declaration was signed by all the SCO members
4. Plan of Action:

• Reach a consensus on adopting UN Comprehensive Convention on International terrorism. It is a proposed treaty to counter any form of financing of terrorism and providing mechanical or technical support to it.
• Joint appeal to Youth- Call to youth not to get influenced by extremist ideologies
• Addressing the issue of foreign terrorists from West Asia:
• Improve the information exchange mechanisms regarding the terrorists and their movement
• Accelerate procedures to extradite foreign terrorists in accordance with the national legislation of the member states
• Boost international cooperation both on the political level and between the security services.
• Highlighted the importance of SCO Regional Anti-terrorist structure to counter all forms of terrorism
• Strengthen international legal framework to address the threat of nuclear weapons
• Support initiative to draft an international convention against chemical and biological terrorist attacks
• Control the spread and propagation of terrorist ideology through internet
• Improve the mechanism within the SCO to combat illegal drug trafficking