Collective Security Treaty Organization

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Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Symbol of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Location of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
     Current members      Former members
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Official language Russian
Membership 7 member states
Leaders
 -  Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha
Establishment
 -  Signed as CST 15 May 1992 
 -  Effective as CST 20 April 1994 
 -  Signed as CSTO 7 October 2002 
 -  Effective as CSTO 18 September 2003 
Website
www.dkb.gov.ru

On October 7, 2002, the Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, signed a charter in Chişinău, founding the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) (Russian: Организация Договора о Коллективной Безопасности (ОДКБ~ODKB)). Nikolai Bordyuzha was appointed secretary general of the new organization. On 23 June 2006, Vladimir Putin announced that Uzbekistan had also joined the CSTO.[1]


The charter reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force. Signatories would not be able to join other military alliances or other groups of states, while aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all.


The CSTO is an observer organisation at the United Nations General Assembly.

Contents

[edit] Member states

  • Current members:


  • Former members of CST who did not join CSTO:


[edit] Future membership

In May 2007 the CSTO secretary-general Nikolai Bordyuzha suggested Iran could join the CSTO saying, "The CSTO is an open organization. If Iran applies in accordance with our charter, we will consider the application." [2] If Iran joined it would be the first nation outside the former Soviet Union to become a member of the organization.


[edit] History

The CSTO grew out of the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and first began as the CIS Collective Security Treaty (CST) which was signed on May 15, 1992, by Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, in the city of Tashkent. Azerbaijan signed the treaty on September 24, 1993, Georgia on December 9, 1993 and Belarus on December 31, 1993. The treaty came into effect on April 20, 1994.

The CST was set to last for a 5-year period unless extended. On April 2, 1999, only six members of the CST signed a protocol renewing the treaty for another five year period -- Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan refused to sign and withdrew from the treaty instead. At the same time Uzbekistan joined the GUAM group, established in 1997 by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova, and largely seen as intending to counter Russian influence in the region.


[edit] Recent Developments

During 2005, the CSTO partners conducted some common military exercises. In 2005, Uzbekistan withdrew from GUAM and and joined the CSTO in 2006 in order to seek closer ties with Russia.

In June 2007, Kyrgyzstan assumed the rotating CSTO presidency.

In October 2007, the CSTO signed an agreement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, to broaden cooperation on issues such as security, crime, and drug trafficking.[3]

On October 6, 2007 CSTO members agreed to a major expansion of the organization that would create a CSTO peacekeeping force that could deploy under a U.N. mandate or without one in its member states. The expansion would also allow all members to purchase Russian weapons at the same price as Russia.[4]


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Socor, Vladimir. "Uzbekistan Accedes to Collective Security Treaty Organization", The Jamestown Foundation, June 27, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-02-17. 
  2. ^ Iran invited to join Central Security Treaty Organization
  3. ^ Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
  4. ^ Gendarme of Eurasia - Kommersant Moscow

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