Asia Cooperation Dialogue

Asia Cooperation Dialogue
Asia Cooperation Dialogue
	Logo
	Member states in yellow
Headquarters	Kuwait City
Official languages	Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Bengali, Malay, Japanese, Filipino, Punjabi
Type	Regional cooperation organizations
Members	35 Countries Afghanistan ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Bhutan ; Brunei ; Cambodia ; China ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran ; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; Kuwait ; Kyrgyzstan ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Mongolia ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Palestine ; Philippines ; Qatar ; Russia ; Saudi Arabia ; Singapore ; South Korea ; Sri Lanka ; Tajikistan ; Thailand ; Turkey ; United Arab Emirates ; Uzbekistan ; Vietnam;
Leaders
• Secretary-General	Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana
Establishment	2002
Area
• Total	46,872,864 km2 (18,097,714 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	4,317,290,284
• Density	92/km2 (238.3/sq mi)
	Website; ACD-Dialogue.org

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]

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