UNRCCA attends the 9th Summit of the Council of Heads of States of the SCO in Yekaterinburg

16 Jun 2009

UNRCCA attends the 9th Summit of the Council of Heads of States of the SCO in Yekaterinburg

YEKATERINBURG, Russia-

The UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) participated in the summit of the Council of Heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 16 June.

The UN delegation, headed by Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, attended the plenary meeting of the SCO. A message was delivered on behalf of the UN Secretary General emphasizing that the SCO had become an important forum for addressing security in Eurasia and underlining the potential to strengthen UN-SCO cooperation on preventive diplomacy through the UNRCCA.