Opening Address at Expanded Session of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State.Part 2
June 16, 2009
Yekaterinburg
Вступительное слово на заседании Совета глав государств членов Шанхайской организации сотрудничества в расширенном составе.
16 июня 2009 года
Екатеринбург
Of course we must strengthen the international monetary system, not only by strengthening the dollar but also by creating new reserve currencies with the possibility of perhaps eventually creating supra-national means of payment and renumeration.Despite the difficulties we have a programme of multilateral trade and economic cooperation in place and an action plan to implement this programme. Yesterday we heard some interesting ideas about the mutual protection of investments. I think our colleagues can elaborate on this idea. We can use other mechanisms of public-private partnership as a way of encouraging economic cooperation. Our colleagues are currently allocating additional funds to do precisely this. I think that this is also a topic for discussion.The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation aims to improve contacts among member states and to improve our work not only in the economic sphere - although today this is obviously very important, perhaps the most important area but also in other areas related to our security.In my view, measures taken to combat terrorism and drug trafficking in recent years confirm our organisation's potential in dealing with difficult issues. For example, we held a special conference on Afghanistan in Moscow in March of this year that was attended by representatives of 36 governments and international organisations. It came up with a series of recommendations that seem to me a good basis for working together in this area, along with other undertakings concerning Afghanistan and in liaison with other international organisations.We have an effective integrated system to deal with challenges and threats. We employ a whole range of formats, including meetings of Security Council secretaries and ministers of defence.
And there are new forums for such interaction, such as meetings of ministers of the interior and the heads of anti-drug agencies. I think that all these activities are useful and provide additional space for the coordination of our joint anti-terrorist and anti-drug efforts.Today we will be adopting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation convention against terrorism, a programme for cooperation in combating terrorism, separatism and extremism for the period 2010-2012, and a collection of political and diplomatic measures and mechanisms for ensuring the responsiveness of our organisation. Of course this will enhance the legal basis of our work and create a solid foundation for addressing a number of very significant challenges.In my opinion the agreement on cooperation in the preparation of anti-terrorism personnel and ensuring international information security is a good investment. We must continue with this work.I would also like to highlight the work being done by the departments that deal with the prevention of emergency situations: there were meetings of those in charge, joint exercises and exhibitions of special equipment. I think that this kind of work should also be continued and we look forward to the speedy implementation of agreements on the establishment of the special SCO emergency response centre [SCO Centre for Prevention of Natural and Man-made Disasters].
Ideas for cooperation in the field of disaster medicine deserve our support. This is unfortunately true for every country, because disasters happen everywhere and require an instant response. We are trying to organise this more effectively.
There has been progress in the area of health care: during the Russian presidency there have been meetings of leading physicians, international conferences and discussions of specific problems. I think that inter-governmental and inter-institutional coordination to combat various infectious diseases is also very important.
Meetings and discussions under the auspices of ministries of culture, joint exhibitions and festivals need our support. I think that such programmes are also very useful for our organisation.
It is important to move ahead with the idea of a network of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation universities. On this topic we need to finalise the selection of the major universities to be included. The Education Week that was recently held in Moscow, including a forum for presidents of our countries' leading universities, was very helpful in this regard. I think that we must build on this experience in the future.We are engaged in strengthening our organisation's influence, developing partnerships both among the member countries and with multilateral groups.
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