| Summary/Abstract |
Back in the 1990s, the SCO was a little-known forum uniting Russia. China, and a number of Central Asian states, which was dealing with the settlement of border issues on the basis of agreements on confidence-building in the military area and the mutual reductions of armed forces in the border area. The SCO Charter has only taken effect in 2003, and all major standing bodies of the Organization were only formed early in 2004.
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