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Objective

ECO Summit is a forum which provides requisite political support of the member states at the highest level to the goals and objectives of the Organization to undertake activities for the welfare and wellbeing of the 350 millions people of the region.

ECO Summits since 1992

8th ECO Summit

(September 14, 2004, Dushanbe, Tajikistan)
Dushanbe Declaration

The 8th ECO Summit was held on September 14, 2004, in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan with the participation of H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, H.E. Mr. Artur Rasi-Zade, Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Seyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mr. Daniyal Akhmetov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Askar Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Emomali Rakhmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Rejep Saparov, Deputy Chairman of Peoples’ Council of Turkmenistan, H.E. Mr. Erkin Khalilov, Chairman of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of Republic of Uzbekistan.

At the end of the meeting Dushanbe Declaration was adopted. In Dushanbe Declaration, the summit welcoming the finalization of the ECO Trade Agreement (ECOTA) calls upon Member States to sign and ratify this agreement expeditiously and decides to establish a “Free Trade Area in the ECO region by 2015”, as a high priority task for the Organization and it has also emphasized that the urgency of early ratification and implementation of the Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA) for the promotion of trade and transport within ECO region. The hard work put in by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) has been recognized and it has been decided that the proposal for ECO Vision 2015 to be further considered and to be submitted to the next COM.

In the Summit meeting the representatives of the number of International Organizations participated and Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) made a statement. The ECO Awards 2004 have been distributed by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan among the 9 winners from ECO Member States. The offer of Republic of Azerbaijan to hold the 9th Summit meeting was appreciated by all the participants.

7th ECO Summit

(October 14, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey)
Istanbul Declaration

The 7th Summit meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), held on October 14, 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey, was chaired by H.E. Mr. Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of the Republic of Turkey and attended by H.E. Mr. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, H.E. Mr. Heydar Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. Seyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mr. Kassymzhomart Tokaev, Secretary of State-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Askar Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. General Pervez Musharraf, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Emomali Rakhmonov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H.E. Mr. Recep Saparov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, H.E. Mr. Erkin Khalilov, Chairman of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan. H.E. Ambassador Seyed Mojtaba Arastou, Secretary General of ECO also attended the meeting.

H.E. Seyed Mohammad Khatami, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Chairman of the 6th ECO Summit meeting opened the meeting and invited H.E. Mr. Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of the Republic of Turkey to take over the Chairmanship of the 7th ECO Summit meeting. The Chairman’s election was applauded as an expression of unanimity and followed by welcoming remarks and the inaugural statement of the President of the Republic of Turkey.

The Heads of State/Government/Delegation delivered their statements. The Heads/Representatives of UN Agencies and other regional & international organizations such as UN-ESCAP, IDB, UNICEF, UNODCCP, UNCTAD, ITC, ICARDA, BSEC, COMCEC and D-8 attended the 7th Summit.
H.E. Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNODCCP), H.E. Prof. Dr. Adel El-Beltagy, Director General, International Centre for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), H.E. Ambassador Valeri Chechelashvili, Secretary General, Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), H.E. Ambassador Ayhan Kamel, Executive Director of the Developing-8 Countries (D-8) and Dr. Mehmet GUNAL, Acting Deputy Undersecretary, State Planning Organization of Turkey, for Standing Committee for Commercial & Economic Cooperation of OIC (COMCEC) read out their messages/statements.

6th ECO Summit 2000

The Sixth ECO Summit held in Tehran on June 10, 2000 reaffirmed its commitment towards increasing economic, technical, scientific, educational and cultural fields. The Summit also highlighted the importance of development of basic infrastructure in the priority fields of cooperation. It stressed the need to come up with the plan to meet the requirements, keeping in view regional/global changes taking place around to materialize objectives of the Organization.

The Summit called upon the member states for expeditious ratification and early implementation of all signed agreements and in particular the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement and the ECO Framework Agreement on Trade Co-operation. It endorsed decisions of the 9th and 10th Council of Ministers Meeting held in Baku and Tehran in May 1999 and June 2000 respectively. The Summit called for co-operation in Mineral Sector, Agriculture, Industry, Tourism, Human Development as well as in Information Technology through establishment of an ECO-Intra Regional Network. It urged for further strengthening of co-operation in culture field by making operational relevant institutions. The Summit expressed its satisfaction on setting up a High Level Experts Group to identify feasible ECO Oil and Gas Pipeline Routes.

5th ECO Summit 1998

The fifth ECO Summit was held on May 11, 1998, in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and endorsed the decisions of 7th and 8th meetings of the Council of Ministers held in Tehran (April 1997 and May 1998 respectively) as well as the recommendation of 2nd Ministerial meeting of Transport and Communications held at Ashgabat in March 1998. At the end of the meeting Almaty Declaration was adopted. The Meeting also witnessed the signing of the Charter of ECO Educational Institute, the MOU on Cooperation against smuggling and Customs Frauds and the Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA) to facilitate smooth flow of goods and passenger traffic. Summit also called for expansion of mutual co-operation in agriculture and industrial sectors and formulation of specific proposals/projects in this regard to be implemented either by joint efforts or with the assistance of FAO and UNIDO. It further called upon the member states to focus attention on the priority areas for co-operation.

Extraordinary ECO Summit 1997

An extraordinary Summit was held at Ashgabat on May 14, 1997 and adopted the Programme of Action for ECO Transport and Communication and Energy as an urgent and priority goal. The Summit covered a wide range of prospects and stressed for their speedy and timely completion.

4th ECO Summit 1996

The 4th ECO Summit meeting was held on May 14, 1996 in Ashgabat, (Turkmenistan). The meeting adopted the Ashgabat Declaration and witnessed the signing of the an MOU on the Reorganization and Restructuring of ECO and an agreement between the Government of Islamic Republic of Iran and ECO relating to the Rights, Privileges and Immunities of the ECO Secretariat.

3rd ECO Summit 1995

The 3rd ECO Summit meeting was held on May 14-15, 1995, in Islamabad (Pakistan) and endorsed the decision of the 4th and the 5th Council of Ministers meeting held in Tehran and Ashgabat in January 1994 and 1995 respectively. At the end of the meeting, the Islamabad declaration was adopted. The Third ECO Summit also witnessed the signing of ECO Transit Trade Agreement, Agreement on Simplification of Visa Procedures for the Businessmen of ECO Countries, the Agreement and Articles of Association of the ECO Shipping Company, the Agreement and Articles of Association of ECO Air, Articles of the Agreement of the ECO Trade and Development Bank, MOU on ECO Reinsurance Company, Charter of the ECO Culture Institute and the Charter of ECO Science Foundation. The Summit also approved MOU for co-operation between ECO and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and an MOU for co-operation between ECO and United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP).

The Summit agreed to intensify co-operation among member states in all sectors particularly infrastructural links (transport and communication) trade and investment facilitation, energy and ecology and protection of environment. The Summit stressed for effective follow up of all the approved plans by incorporating them in national, bilateral and regional arrangements. The Summit also welcomed the establishment of Supreme Audit Institution and to celebrate 28th November the day of expansion of Organization as ECO Day to commemorate 1995-2004 as the decade of Transport and Communication in the ECO region and desired for expeditious execution of projects in these sectors.

2nd ECO Summit 1993

The second ECO Summit meeting was held in July, 1993 in Istanbul, (Turkey). The meeting endorsed the Quetta Plan of Action and ECO Long-term Perspectives (Istanbul Declaration) as adopted by ECO Council of Ministers. At the end of the meeting, a Joint Communiqué was adopted which called for mobilizing human and natural resources of the region and for collaboration with international bodies and regional grouping. The Istanbul Declaration of July 1993 laid down foundations for a long Term Perspective Plan of ECO which:

defined the basic goals to be achieved through regional co-operation by year 2000 in already defined fields;
agreed on a long term perspective on the crucial role of the free enterprise and to ensure maximum participation of the private sector;
called for development of modern and efficient infrastructure with emphasis on transport sector linking member states but also providing access to other areas of the world;
promotion of scientific, technical and cultural co-operation on most favourable terms and enhance economic and commercial ties through exhibition, border market, free trade industry zone, multimodal transport company and promotion of tourism;
signed an agreement between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Economic Co-operation Organization (ECO) relating to the Rights, Privileges and Immunities of the staff of ECO Secretariat.

1st ECO Summit 1992

The 1st ECO Summit meeting was held on February, 16-17 1992 in Tehran-Iran and made the following main decisions:

Endorsement of the Preferential Tariff Agreement with the sole purpose to promote intra-regional trade through efforts aimed at ultimate elimination of all tariff and non-tariff barriers on export;

underlined the importance of co-operation in transport, communication, energy, industrial and agriculture areas and directed COM to work on it;

stressed the need for an infrastructure development to strengthen strong economic ties among the member states and linking them with the outside world;

The first ceremony of ECO awards in the field of social, natural science and fine arts was held;

Summit welcomed the admission of new member Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan; and

Summit also decided to allowed limited participation in economic, cultural and technical activities of Turkish Muslim community in Cyprus in

ECO.Introduction to Winners of:ECO Excellence Award – 2004

(Dushanbe/Tajikistan - September 14, 2004)

Professor Shah Mohammad Maiwandi from the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan - Winner of Award in the field of Science & Technology

Professor Shah Mohammad Maiwandi was born in 1942. He graduated from Ebn-e-Sina College and entered the faculty of Geology in the Kabul University. He got the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Leningrad (St. Petersburg). He served the Ministry of Mines and Industries in Kabul. He was Chief Researcher and the President Encyclopedic Center. He has 29 scientific literary works on different subjects.

Mr. Arif Djalal oglu Pashayev from the Republic of Azerbaijan - Winner of Award in the field of Science & Technology

Mr. Arif Mir Djalal oglu Pashayev was born in 1934 in Baku. He received scientific degree of the doctor of physical and mathematical sciences in 1978. The basic directions of scientific works of Mr. Pashaev are physics and techniques of semiconductors. He has created scientific bases of studying of substances with application of electromagnetic waves of high and ultrahigh frequencies. The methods created by him and devices were applied with success in aviation industry, mechanical engineering and shipbuilding etc.

Since 1996, Mr. Arif Mir Pashayev is the rector of National Academy of Aviation of the State Concern “Azerbaijan Airlines”. Under the Decree of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic for merits in development of the Azerbaijan science has been awarded with “GLORY” order. He is the author of more than 15 books and monographies and more than 300 scientific articles.

Dr. S. Ahmad Reza Jalali Naini from the Islamic Republic of Iran - Winner of Award in the field of Economics

Dr. Jalali Naini is Ph.D (Economics) from the University of Kent, Canterbury. He is Director of Center for Monetary Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Senior Adviser and Director of Financial and Energy Markets Department, International Institute for Energy Studies Tehran.

He served as Chairman of the Department of Economics at the Institute for Studies in Management and Planning from 2000 to April 2004. He also served at various positions such as Adviser at the Institute for Banking, Tehran, Member of the Scientific Council, Central Bank of Iran and Director of Foreign Exchange Research, The Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Tehran etc. He has written Research Papers and Publications in the field of Economics.

Mr. Mukhtarbai Otelbaev from the Republic of Kazakhstan - winner of Award in the field of Science & Technology.

Mr. Mukhtarbai Otelbaev is a member of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, doctor of physics-mathematical sciences, professor. He was born in 1942. He defended his candidate dissertation in 1972 and doctoral in 1978.

Mr. Otelbayev’s range of interests includes spectral theory of differential operators with non-smooth coefficients, theory of functional classes, general theory of boundary value problems, separability theory and integral operators. He contributed in the development of mathematics, for which he was awarded to the prize of the Department of physics-mathematical sciences of AS of USSR in 1990. He published 200 scientific papers and monographs. He is a member of several specialized Councils on defence of doctoral thesis.

Prof. Mrs. Akaeva Mayram Duyshenovna from the Kyrgyz Republic - Winner of Award in the field of Education

Prof. Mrs. Mayram Akaeva is the First Lady of the Kyrgyz Republic. She was born in 1947. She got her education from the Leningrad Technological Institute (St. Petersburg). She has professional background of Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry (St. Petersburg), Frunze Poly-technical Institute, and Kyrgyz State National University.

She is the Chairperson of the “Meerim” International Charity Fund for the Support of Childhood and Maternity, a President of International Fund “SOS Children’s Villages – Kyrgyzstan”, a President of an Association of Schools and Clubs of UNESCO in the Kyrgyz Republic. At the initiative of Prof. Mrs. Mairam Akaeva several programs have been implemented in Kyrgyz Republic. Some of them are: Children’s educational museum in Bishkek, 52 educational centers, Youth Center for development of orphan children, Social Center for Children-invalids, “Support of rural women through micro-crediting”, “Support of rural libraries” etc. Prof. Mrs. Mayram Akaeva is an author of more than 30 books/publications. Her famous books are “Starts of Science”, “Archimed and others”, and “A hope has not nights”.

Mr. Enver Sajjad from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan - winner for Award in the field of History, Culture, Literature and Fine Arts

Mr. Enver Sajjad was born in Lahore-Pakistan in 1935. He completed his education from Liverpool University, England in 1965. He received President of Pakistan Award Pride of Performance in Literature in 1989. He served as Visiting Professor in Pakistan National College of Arts and University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan. He produced and directed innumerable plays for stage, radio and television since 1958. He is widely acclaimed and regarded by renowned critics as “The Architect of Modern Urdu Fiction, translated in major foreign languages and is included in major anthologies. He has a vast experience of performing arts at stage, radio and television. He is Head of Script and Creative Writing Department, GEO Television Network, Pakistan. Mr. Enver Sajjad has written 14 publications (Novel, short stories and anthology of poetry etc).

Prof. Mrs. Dr. Aysel Atimtay from the Republic of Turkey - Winner of Award in the field of Agriculture & Environment

Prof. Dr. Aysel Atimtay was born in 1944 in Turkey. She did her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Hacettepe University, Ankara and Post Doctoral Studies from the University of Cambridge. She served at various positions such as Research Engineer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Head of the Environmental Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

Prof. Atimtay works in the area of “Energy and Environment” within the field of Environmental Engineering. She is specialized in “Air Pollution Assessment and Control” from various combustion systems. She also works on the sorbent development for adsorption of Hydrogen Sulfide from coal gas or from industrial waste gases. She has more than 100 articles and publications.

Mr. Bobo Sanginov from the Republic of Tajikistan - winner of Award in the field of Agriculture & Environment

Mr. Bobo Sanginov is President of the Agrarian Academy of the Republic of Tajikistan. He was born in 1935 in Tajikistan. He did his M.Sc. (Soil Agronomy) from the Agrarian University of Tajikistan and Ph.D. from the National Academy of Sciences in Breeding of Long Stable Cotton Varieties. Pollution & disease and cotton plant breeding are his areas of specialization. He has professional affiliations with the Tajik Agrarian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He developed 13 cotton varieties. He published more than 200 publications, mainly in Russian language. He got Award of Lenin Komsomol and State Award named after Avisenna.

Mr. Bekhzod Sadikovich Yuldashev of the Republic of Uzbekistan - winner of Award in the field of Science & Technology

Mr. Bekhzod Yuldashev is the President of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan and Director General of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. He was born in 1945 in Tashkent. He served as Member of Parliament of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2000. He served as Scientist, Head of the Laboratory, Corresponding Member, Head of Nuclear Department and Academician at the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. He was awarded State Order “Shukhrat” in 2003 and State Prize for Science and Technology in 1983. He has more than 250 articles including publications in foreign scientific magazines.

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