Read the text. Decide which of the statements are True or False using the information from the text above. If the statement is False find the correct answer.

1. The council of Foreign Ministers is headquartered in Astana, Kazakhstan and it holds regular meetings, there the current situation is discussed.

2. The Council of National Coordinators coordinates the multilateral cooperation of member states within the framework of the SCO charter.

3. The Secretariat of the SCO is the primary legislative body of the organization.

4. The top decision-making body in the SCO is the Council of Heads of State.

5. RATS serve to promote cooperation of member states against terrorism.

The Council of Heads of State is the top decision-making body in the SCO. This council meets at the SCO summits, which are held each year in one of the member states' capital cities. The current Council of Heads of State consists of:

 Roza Otunbaeva (Kyrgyzstan)

 Hu Jintao (China)

 Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan)

 Nursultan

Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan)

 Dmitry Medvedev (Russia)

 Emomalii

Rahmon (Tajikistan)

The Council of Heads of Government is the second-highest council in the organization. This council also holds annual summits, at which time members discuss issues of multilateral cooperation. The council also approves the organisation's budget. The council of Foreign Ministers also hold regular meetings, where they discuss the current international situation and the SCO's interaction with other international organisations. As the name suggests, the Council of National Coordinators coordinates the multilateral cooperation of member states within the framework of the SCO's charter.

The Secretariat of the SCO is the primary executive body of the organisation. It serves to implement organisational decisions and decrees, drafts proposed documents (such as declarations and agendas), function as a document depository for the organisation, arranges specific activities within the SCO framework, and promotes and disseminates information about the SCO. It is located in Beijing. The current SCO Secretary-General is Muratbek Imanaliev of Kyrgyzstan, a former Kyrgyz Minister of Foreign Affairs and professor at the American University of Central Asia.

The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), headquartered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is a permanent organ of the SCO which serves to promote cooperation of member states against the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism. The Head of RATS is elected to a three-year term. Each member state also sends a permanent representative to RATS.

1.The Council of National Coordinators coordinates national prosperity of the members.

2.RATS serve to promote cooperation of member states against terrorism.

3.The Council of Heads of State is the contemporary body.

4.The current Council of Heads of State consists of six members.

5.The Secretariat of the SCO serves to promote cooperation of member states against the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism.

6.The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) headquartered in Astana.

7.The council of Foreign Ministers is headquartered in Astana

Date: 2016-01-14; view: 825