Asia Cooperation Dialogue

Asia Cooperation Dialogue
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Member states in yellow
Member states in yellow
HeadquartersKuwait City
Official languagesEnglish
TypeRegional cooperation organizations
Members
Leaders
• Secretary-General
Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana[1]
Establishment2002
Area
• Total
46,872,864[2] km2 (18,097,714 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
4,317,290,284
• Density
92/km2 (238.3/sq mi)

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.[3] Its secretariat is in Kuwait City.[3]

  1. ^ "Asia Cooperation Dialogue". www.acd-dialogue.org.
  2. ^ Corresponds to the terrestrial surface. Including the Exclusive Economic Zones of each member state, the total area is 73 936 667 km².
  3. ^ a b "From Rep. of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 21 November 2020.