Asia Cooperation Dialogue | |
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 Logo | |
 Member states in yellow | |
| Headquarters | Kuwait City |
| Official languages | English |
| Type | Regional cooperation organizations |
| Members | |
| Leaders | |
• Secretary-General |  Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana[1] |
| Establishment | 2002 |
| 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) |
Website ACD-Dialogue.org | |
TheAsia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is anintergovernmental organization created on 18 June 2002 to promoteAsian cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among differentregional organizations such as theASEAN, theGulf Cooperation Council, theEurasian Economic Union, theShanghai Cooperation Organisation, and theSAARC. It is the first international organization to cover the whole of Asia.[3] Its secretariat is inKuwait City.[3]
The idea of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue was raised at the First International Conference of Asian Political Parties (held inManila in September 2000) bySurakiart Sathirathai, then deputy leader of the now defunctThai Rak Thai Party, on behalf of his party leader,Thaksin Shinawatra, thenPrime Minister of Thailand. It was suggested that Asia as a continent should have its own forum to discuss Asia-wide cooperation. Afterwards, the idea of the ACD was formally put forward during the 34th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting inHanoi in July 2001 and at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat inPhuket in February 2002.
| Meeting | Location | Date(s) |
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| 1st | Cha-am | 18–19 June 2002 |
| 2nd | Chiang Mai | 21–22 June 2003 |
| 3rd |  Qingdao | 21–22 June 2004 |
| 4th |  Islamabad | 4–6 April 2005 |
| 5th |  Doha | 23–24 May 2006 |
| 6th |  Seoul | 5–6 June 2007 |
| 7th |  Astana | 16–17 October 2008 |
| 8th[4] |  Colombo | 15–16 October 2009 |
| 9th |  Tehran | 8–9 November 2010 |
| 10th |  Kuwait City | 10–11 October 2012 |
| 11th[5] |  Dushanbe | 29 March 2013 |
| 12th[6] |  Manama | 26 November 2013 |
| 13th[7] |  Riyadh | 25 November 2014 |
| 14th[8] | Bangkok | 9–10 March 2016 |
| 15th[9] |  Abu Dhabi | 16–17 January 2017 |
| 16th[10] | Doha | 30 April 2019 |
| 17th |  Ankara | 21 January 2021 |
| Summit | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait City | 15–17 October 2012 |
| 2nd | Bangkok | 8–10 October 2016 |
| 3rd | Doha | 2–3 October 2024 |
The ACD was founded by 18 members. Since May 2019, the organization consists of 35 states[11] as listed below (including all current members of the ASEAN and the GCC).Overlappingregional organization membership in italics.
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