Astana, 12 October 2022 (TDI): The Senior Officials Committee (SOC) of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) approved the draft decision on the accession of Kuwait as a Member State.
In this vein, it has recommended its adoption by the CICA Summit. Moreover, SOC has approved the draft Regulations of the CICA Fund along with recommending its adoption by the CICA Summit 2022.
Aside from that the SOC approved the “draft CICA Leaders’ Statement on Cooperation in the Field of Security of and in the Use of ICTs and recommended its adoption by the CICA Summit 2022.
The SOC also approved the draft CICA Plan of Action on the Implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and recommended its adoption by the CICA Summit.
Lastly, the SOC has approved Kyrgyzstan as co-coordinator in the priority area “Trade & Investment & approved Concept Papers in key priority areas of CICA CBMs.
These include the development of secure & effective systems of transportation corridors, the Human Dimension, & security of and in the use of ICTs.
6th CICA Summit
The sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) conference will be hosted by Kazakhstan in Astana. The two-day conference will also mark the thirtieth anniversary of the intergovernmental organization.
The leaders from Palestine, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are attending the summit.
Among the other guests are Belarus’s President as well as the Vice Presidents from Vietnam and China. The agenda of the Summit is to deliberate on key issues pertaining to CICA’s objectives.
Along these lines, it will endeavor to resolve key issues pertaining to its internal mechanism and functioning along with taking into account the most pressing global issues, especially in the backdrop of the situation in Eurasia and the Middle East.
Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
CICA is a multinational organization with the objective of collaboration for stability, security, and peace throughout Asia.
It is based on the understanding that there is a close-knit connection between stability, peace, and security in Asia and the rest of the globe.
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, first suggested the concept of holding CICA on October 5, 1992, during the 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The driving force behind this initiative was the need to establish an effective and acceptable system for ensuring peace and security in Asia.
CICA Member states are Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkiye, UAE, and Uzbekistan.
The CICA Observer States are Belarus, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and the USA.
The Observer Organizations include the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the League of Arab States (LAS), and the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA).
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