Declaration of SCO Highlights Consensus on Anti-Terrorism

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Declaration of SCO Highlights Consensus on Anti-Terrorism

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The presidents of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan signed a declaration, or the SCO Charter, here Friday at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which highlights their consensus on anti-terrorism as one of their top priorities.

The group will take essential steps to execute the Shanghai treaty on a crackdown on terrorism, separatism and extremism, and will draft documents on multilateral cooperation on the fight against drug-trafficking, arms-smuggling and other forms of cross-border crimes, as well as illegal immigration, says the declaration.

The SCO member states are firmly opposed to any and all acts, forms, methods and activities related to terrorism, the declaration affirms.

The fight against terrorism should be conducted on the basis ofinternational laws and principles. It should not be confused with a move against religion, a state, or a nation, nor should it be tendentious or based on the application of "double standards," thedocument adds.

The SCO member states hold it necessary to establish a global system to meet new threats and challenges under the coordination of the United Nations and the U.N. Security Council, which should include the establishment of multilateral coordination mechanisms to issue early warnings, avert possible threats and make resolute and consensus reactions to possible threats, it says.

Thus, it is imperative to work out anti-terror principles and aspecific international legal basis that all parties concerned mustabide by to avoid any dual-interpretation, or any use of them as an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs or violate the sovereignty of other countries.

The Shanghai treaty on the crackdown on terrorism, separatism and extremism, signed in June 2001, and the agreement on the establishment of a regional anti-terrorism agency, signed on June 7, 2002, provides the formation of a legal basis for business-likecooperation between the six countries on the crackdown on terrorism, separatism and extremism, says the declaration.

The SCO member states are fully confident that it is a major direction in the global fight against terrorism to realize the elimination of the social basis that breeds terrorism, including the elimination of poverty, unemployment, ignorance and racial, ethnic and religious discrimination, it says.

The declaration says the SCO member countries support one another's efforts for rooting out terrorism, separatism and extremism, as well as efforts of the international community to cut off financing channels of terrorist activities.

The SCO member states will also strengthen efforts to strike atterrorism at home, will not allow the training of terrorists at home or the financing of terrorist activities, and will refuse to provide asylum for terrorists, the declaration says.

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