Collective Security Treaty Organization

Collective Security Treaty Organization
Հավաքական անվտանգության պայմանագրի կազմակերպություն/Havakakan anvtangutän paymanagri kazmakerputyun (Armenian); Арганізацыя Дамовы аб калектыўнай бясьпецы – Arhanizacyja Damovy ab kalektyúnaj biaśpiecy (Belarusian); Ұжымдық қауіпсіздік туралы шарт ұйымы – Ūjymdyq qauıpsızdık turaly şart ūiymy (Kazakh); Жамааттык коопсуздук жөнүндө келишим уюму/Camaattıq qoopsuzduq cönündö kelişim uyumu (Kyrgyz); Organizacija Dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti (Russian); Созмони Аҳдномаи амнияти дастаҷамъӣ/Sozmoni Ahdnomai amniyati dastacam'í (Tajik)
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	Member states ; Disputed territory
Abbreviation	CSTO
Formation	14 February 1992 (as the Unified Armed Forces); 15 May 1992 (as Collective Security Treaty); 7 October 2002 (as Collective Security Treaty Organization);
Type	Military alliance
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Location	Eurasia;
Membership	6 members Armenia ; Belarus ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Russia ; Tajikistan; 3 former members Azerbaijan ; Georgia ; Uzbekistan; 1 observers Serbia;
Official language	Russian
Secretary General	Imangali Tasmagambetov
Chairman	Nikol Pashinyan
Website	odkb-csto.org

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO; Russian: Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности, romanized: Organizacija Dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti; Russian: ОДКБ, romanized: ODKB) is a government military alliance in Eurasia. Its members of some post-Soviet states. The treaty was inspired by the Soviet Armed Forces.

On 15 May 1992, six post-Soviet states belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, signed the Collective Security Treaty.^[3]

Notes

↑ Did not sign original treaty^[2]

References

↑ Taylor & Francis (2020). "Republic of Crimea". The Territories of the Russian Federation 2020. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-00706-7. Note: The territories of the Crimean peninsula, comprising Sevastopol City and the Republic of Crimea, remained internationally recognised as constituting part of Ukraine, following their annexation by Russia in March 2014.
↑ "MULTILATERAL Treaty on collective security. Concluded at Tashkent on 15 May 1992. Correction of 18 May 1995 of the above-mentioned Treaty. Correction of 9 October 1995 of the above-mentioned Treaty" (PDF).
↑ ed, Alexei G. Arbatov ... (1999). Russia and the West : the 21st century security environment. Armonk, NY [u.a.]: Sharpe. p. 62. ISBN 978-0765604323. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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[3] Did not sign original treaty^[2]

[1] Taylor & Francis (2020). "Republic of Crimea". The Territories of the Russian Federation 2020. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-00706-7. Note: The territories of the Crimean peninsula, comprising Sevastopol City and the Republic of Crimea, remained internationally recognised as constituting part of Ukraine, following their annexation by Russia in March 2014.

[2] "MULTILATERAL Treaty on collective security. Concluded at Tashkent on 15 May 1992. Correction of 18 May 1995 of the above-mentioned Treaty. Correction of 9 October 1995 of the above-mentioned Treaty" (PDF).

[4] , Alexei G. Arbatov ... (1999). Russia and the West : the 21st century security environment. Armonk, NY [u.a.]: Sharpe. p. 62. ISBN 978-0765604323. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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