Asia Cooperation Dialogue

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.

Asia Cooperation Dialogue
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Member states in yellow
HeadquartersKuwait City
Official languagesArabic, Hindi, Chinese, Bengali, Malay, Japanese, Filipino, Punjabi
TypeRegional cooperation organizations
Members
35 Countries
Leaders
 Secretary-General
Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana
Establishment2002
Area
 Total
46,872,864 km2 (18,097,714 sq mi)
Population
 Estimate
4,317,290,284
 Density
92/km2 (238.3/sq mi)
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