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image by Eugene Ipavec, 13 July 2006
Source: http://www.sectsco.org/home.asp?LanguageID=2
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a permanent intergovernmental
international organisation proclaimed in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by six
countries - People's Republic of China,
Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan,
Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Republic of
Tajikistan and Republic of Uzbekistan. It was
established on the basis of the "Shanghai Five" mechanism."
The other four member states notwithstanding, the SCO is in practice basically a
Sino-Russian bilateral body, dedicated to promoting joint political positions
and coordinating military activities. Their flag is the organization's seal on a
white field; a scan of the site suggests it was probably adopted sometime
between September 2001 and January 2002, based on when it began appearing in the
background in summit photos. The logo is available at
http://www.sectsco.org/html/00074.html; it is a greenish disc containing a
blue stylized globe with the outlined territories of the member states appearing
in its upper half and with with 3 latitudinal and longitudinal lines showing,
and its bottom half elided into the shape of three waves. The globe is
surrounded by a green wreath and the organization's name in Russian [Шанхайская
организация сотрудничества] and Chinese [上海合作组织, I think], above and below
respectively.
Eugene Ipavec, 13 July 2006