On November 6, 2026, at the SCO Secretariat in Beijing, Deputy Secretary General Ahmad Saidmurodzoda met with David F.Puyana, Permanent Observer of the University for Peace to the United Nations Offices in Geneva and Vienna and to UNESCO in Paris.
The two sides exchanged views on the prospects for establishing substantive cooperation between the SCO and the University for Peace, including by drawing on the capabilities of UN offices and specialized agencies located in Europe.
Ahmad Saidmurodzoda thanked David Puyana for his efforts in organizing a special high-level session of the Geneva Peace Forum on October 13, 2026, dedicated to the Khujand Declaration on Eternal Friendship and the role of the SCO in ensuring peace and stability in Central Asia.
The University for Peace was established by the UN General Assembly under resolution 35/55 in 1980 as a specialized international institution of higher education in the field of peace.