ThefirstmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO)washeldinShanghai,China.Atthemeeting,thesixmemberstates鈥攖heRepublicofKazakhstan,thePeople鈥檚RepublicofChina,theKyrgyzRepublic,theRussianFederation,theRepublicofTajikistanandtheRepublicofUzbekistan鈥攕ignedtheShanghaiDeclarationontheEstablishmentoftheSCO,markingtheofficialfoundingoftheorganization.TheShanghaiConventiononCombatingTerrorism,SeparatismandExtremismwasalsosignedatthesummit.
2September14,2001
ThefirstmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofGovernment(PrimeMinisters)oftheSCOwasheldinAlmaty,Kazakhstan.
3June7,2002
ThesecondmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinSt.Petersburg,Russia.Atthesummit,theCharteroftheShanghaiCooperationOrganizationandtheAgreementonRegionalAnti-TerroristStructurebetweentheMemberStatesoftheSCOweresigned,whichlaidthefoundationfortheinstitutionalizationandlegalconstructionoftheSCO.
4May29,2003
ThethirdmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinMoscow,Russia.ParticipantssignedanagreementonbudgetpreparationandimplementationoftheSCOandpassedregulationsofpermanentresidencesofrepresen-tativesofSCOmemberstatesintheSecretariatandtherulesfortheExecutiveCommitteeoftheRegionalAnti-TerroristStructure(RATS)oftheSCO.
5September23,2003
PremiersandprimeministersofSCOmemberstatessignedanoutlineofmultilateraleconomicandtradecooperationofSCOmemberstatesinBeijing,China.
6June17,2004
ThefourthmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinTashkent,Uzbekistan.ParticipantsofficiallylaunchedtheSCORATS,signedtheAgreementonCooperationinCombatingIllicitTrafficofNarcoticDrugsPsychotropicSubstancesandPrecursorsbetweentheMemberStatesoftheSCOandapprovedtheRegulationsonObserverStatusattheSCO.Atthemeeting,theRepublicofMongoliabecameanobserverstateoftheSCO.
7July5,2005
ThefifthmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinAstana,Kazakhstan.Atthemeeting,theIslamicRepublicofPakistan,theIslamicRepublicofIranandtheRepublicofIndiabecameobserverstatesoftheSCO.
8October26,2005
ThefourthmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofGovernment(PrimeMinisters)oftheSCOwasheldinMoscow,Russia.TheAgreementonDisasterReliefMutualAssistancebetweentheGovernmentsoftheMemberStatesoftheSCOwassignedandtheestablishmentoftheSCOInterbankConsortiumwasannounced.
9June4,2006
TheSCOBusinessCouncilwasestab-lishedinShanghai,China.
10June15,2006
ThesixthmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinShanghai,China.Atthemeeting,theheadsofSCOmemberstatesputforwardalong-termdevel-opmentplanfortheorganizationandsignedtheDeclarationontheFifthAnniversaryoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization,themedaroundpromotingthe鈥淪hanghaiSpirit,鈥漝eepeningpragmaticcooperationandpromotingpeacefuldevelopment.Anagreementonintergovernmentaleducationcooperationwasalsosignedduringthemeeting.
11August16,2007
TheseventhmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinBishkek,Kyrgyzstan.Duringthemeeting,participantssignedtheTreatyonLong-termGood-Neighborliness,FriendshipandCooperationtodocumenttheircom-mitmenttopromotingeverlastingfriendshipandmaketheconceptof鈥減ermanentpeacebetweenmemberstates鈥漷helaw.Anagreementonintergovernmentalculturalcooperationwasalsosignedduringthemeeting.
12November2,2007
PremiersandprimeministersofSCOmemberstatessignedanagreementonintergovernmentalcustomscooperationandmutualassistanceinTashkent,Uzbekistan.
13August28,2008
TheeighthmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinDushanbe,Tajikistan.TheRegulationsontheSCODialoguePartnerStatuswasapprovedduringthemeeting.
14October30,2008
RepresentativesofcustomsagenciesofSCOmemberstatessignedtheAgreementontheExchangeofInforma-tiononCustomsEnergySupervision.
15June15-16,2009
TheninthmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinYekaterinburg,Russia.HeadsofSCOmemberstatessignedtheConventiononCombatingTerrorismoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization.
Duringthemeeting,anintergovern-mentalcooperationagreementtoenhancetheinformationsecurityofSCOmemberstateswasalsosigned.Inaddition,SriLankaandBelarusweregranteddialoguepartnerstatusintheSCO.
16June11,2010
The10thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinTashkent,Uzbekistan.Themeetingapprovedtheprocedureofadmittingnewmemberstotheorganizationandorganizationalproceduralrules.
17June15,2011
The11thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinAstana,Kazakhstan.HeadsofSCOmemberstatesadopt-edtheAstanaDeclarationinhonorofthe10thanniversaryoftheSCO,drawingstrategicplansforthedevelopmentoftheorganizationoverthecomingdecade.AnintergovernmentalagreementonhealthcooperationamongSCOmemberstateswasalsosignedduringthesummit.
18June6-7,2012
The12thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinBeijing,China.Duringthemeeting,AfghanistanandTurkeywereaddedasanobservercountryandadialoguepartneroftheorgani-zation,respectively.
19September13,2013
The13thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinBishkek,Kyrgyzstan.ThemeetingapprovedthePlanofActionfor2013-2017onImplementationoftheTreatyonLong-termGood-Neighborliness,FriendshipandCooperation.RepresentativesofmemberstatessignedanSCOintergovernmentalagreementonscientificandtechnologicalcooperation.
20November29,2013
RepresentativesofSCOmemberstatessignedtheProgramforInformingonEpidemiologicalSituationCausedbyInfectiousDiseasesintheTerritoryoftheSCOMemberStatesinTashkent,Uzbekistan.
21September11-12,2014
The14thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinDushanbe,Tajikistan.HeadsofSCOmemberstatessignedtheIntergovernmentalAgreementonCreationofBeneficialConditionsforInternationalRoadTransportationoftheSCO.
22December15,2014
RepresentativesofSCOmemberstatessignedaplanforcustomsenforcementcooperationinAstana,Kazakhstan.
23July10,2015
The15thmeetingofCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinUfa,Russia.ThemeetingapproveddocumentsincludinganSCODevelopmentStrategylastinguntil2025.Anagreementonborderdefensecooperationwassigned.TheprocessofacceptingIndiaandPakistanasmemberstateswaslaunched.Alsoatthismeeting,BelarusbecameanobserverstateandAzerbaijan,Armenia,CambodiaandNepalbecamedialoguepartners.
24August18,2015
MinistersofjusticeofSCOmemberstatessignedanagreementoncooperationbetweenministriesofjusticeofSCOmemberstatesinDushanbe,Tajikistan.
25June24,2016
The16thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinTashkent,Uzbekistan.ParticipantsapprovedtheActionPlanfor2016-2020onImplementationoftheSCODevelopmentStrategyuntil2025andwitnessedIndiaandPakistansigningtheMemorandumofObligationstojointheSCO.RepresentativesofmemberstatessignedanoutlinefortourismcooperationamongSCOmemberstates.
26November4,2016
The15thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofGovernment(PrimeMinisters)oftheSCOwasheldinBishkek,Kyrgyzstan.ThemeetingapprovedtheListofEventsforFurtherDevelopmentofProjectActivitiesintheFrameworkoftheSCO2017-2021.
27June9,2017
The17thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofMemberStatesoftheSCOwasheldinAstana,Kazakhstan.HeadsofSCOmemberstatessignedaconventiononanti-extremism.Representativesofmemberstatessignedthejointactionplanfor2017-2018onimplementingtheoutlineoftourismcooperationamongSCOmemberstates.Duringthemeeting,IndiaandPakistanbecamememberstatesoftheorganization.