SCO stresses enhanced collective international cooperation against terrorism
15:56, 4 October 2011
UNITED NATIONS. October 4. KAZINFORM Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Li Baodong said here on Monday on behalf of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that the group believed terrorism can only be counteracted effectively by "strengthening collective international cooperation mechanisms through a worldwide multilateral effort".
Addressing a meeting of the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly on the subject of measures to eliminate international terrorism, Li said that in the past decade, despite some progress achieved by international community in combating terrorism, terrorism has not yet been eliminated and remains the serious concern for all countries.
The SCO member states emphasized that "counter-terrorism cooperation should be conducted on the principle of respect for international law including state sovereignty and without any ' double standards'," he said.
According to Xinhua, the SCO, founded in Shanghai in June 2001, groups China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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