The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is an intergovernmental organization created on 18 June 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among different regional organizations such as the ASEAN, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and the SAARC. It is the first international organization to cover the whole of Asia. Its secretariat is in Kuwait City.
| Colombo
| 15–16 October 2009
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| 9th
| Tehran
| 8–9 November 2010
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| 10th
| Kuwait City
| 10–11 October 2012
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| 11th
| Dushanbe
| 29 March 2013
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| 12th
| Manama
| 26 November 2013
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| 13th
| Riyadh
| 25 November 2014
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| 14th
| Bangkok
| 9–10 March 2016
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| 15th
| Abu Dhabi
| 16–17 January 2017
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| 16th
| Doha
| 30 April 2019
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|17th
| Ankara
| 21 January 2021
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Summits
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! Dates
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| 1st
| Kuwait City
| 15–17 October 2012
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| 2nd
| Bangkok
| 8–10 October 2016
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| 3rd
| Doha
| 2–3 October 2024
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Member states
thumb|300x300px|Membership and expansion of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue:
The ACD was founded by 18 members. Since May 2019, the organization consists of 35 states as listed below (including all current members of the ASEAN and the GCC). Overlapping regional organization membership in italics.
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|SAARC, ECO
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|GCC, AL
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|SAARC, BIMSTEC
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|SAARC, BIMSTEC
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|ASEAN
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|ASEAN, MGC
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|SCO
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|SAARC, BIMSTEC, MGC, SCO
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|ASEAN
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|ECO, SCO
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|CIS, ECO, SCO
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|ASEAN, MGC
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|ASEAN
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|—
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|ASEAN, BIMSTEC, MGC
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|SAARC, BIMSTEC
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|GCC, AL
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|SAARC, SCO, ECO
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|ASEAN
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|AL
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|GCC, AL
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|CIS, SCO
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|GCC, AL
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|ASEAN
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|SAARC, BIMSTEC
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|CIS, ECO, SCO
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|ASEAN, BIMSTEC, MGC
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| ECO, NATO
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|GCC, AL
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|CIS, ECO, SCO
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|ASEAN, MGC
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See also
- Asia Council
- Asia–Europe Meeting
- Asian Clearing Union
- Asian Currency Unit
- Asian Development Bank
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Asian Parliamentary Assembly
- Belt and Road Initiative
- Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
- Continental regional organizations
- Continental union
- East Asia Community
- Eurasian Economic Union
- International organization
- Pan-Asianism
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Notes
References
Further reading
- Why We Need an Asian Union
- European Policy Centre (2005-01): EU and Asian Integration Processes Compared
- The Guardian (2005-04-12): Hopes and Fears of an Asian Union
- International Herald Tribune (2005-06-18): Toward an 'Asian Union'?
- Asia Times (2005-10-01): Hedging China with FTAs
- International Herald Tribune (2005-12-16): An Asian Union? Not Yet
- Bangkok Post (2006-05-19): Towards a Truly Pan-Asian Community
- China Daily (2007-04-21): Asian Integration Still a Long Way Off
- Tehran Times (2010-03-14): Ahmadinejad Proposes Establishment of Asian Union
External links
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue
- Asia Regional Integration Center
- Association for Asian Union
- Boao Forum for Asia
- New Asia Forum
- Society for Asian Integration