Samarkand hosts the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It is held in the form of an open dialogue for the first time in the last three years.

On the eve of the SCO Samarkand Summit, the book “Constitutions of Member States of Shanghai Cooperation Organization” was published under the editorship of Academician Akmal Saidov. It was prepared by the National Center of Uzbekistan for Human Rights and printed in “Tasvir” Publishing House in the official languages of the SCO.

The book includes the constitutions of the SCO Member States – China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

It is noted that the SCO is a promising platform for strengthening inter-civilizational dialogues and socio-cultural cooperation. It is also important to reflect the Shanghai Spirit in practice by promoting socio-cultural initiatives, strengthening public diplomacy, developing tourism, good-neighborly relations, filling the SCO agenda with new directions and forms of cooperation, in particular, in the information and communication technologies, poverty reduction, plant quarantine, strengthening the prestige of the SCO at the global level.

It was also emphasized that the constitutional development of the SCO space will be determined by a specific community.

It is noteworthy that the constitutions of all SCO member states were published in a single collection for the first time. It reflects the development of constitutional and legal pluralism and consistent progress in the SCO space.

The book, published within the framework of Uzbekistan's chairmanship in the SCO, will become a useful source for researchers, scientists, specialists of state bodies, scientific and educational institutions, and broad segments of the population interested in the development of constitutionalism in the world.

Muhtarama Komilova, UzA