Asia Cooperation Dialogue

The **Asia Cooperation Dialogue** (**ACD**) is an intergovernmental organization created on 18 June 2002. It was created to promote Asian cooperation. The organization covers all of Asia. Its secretariat is in Kuwait.

## History

The idea of an Asia Cooperation Dialogue was talked about at the First International Conference of Asian Political Parties (held in Manila between 17–20 September 2000) by Surakiart Sathirathai. People thought that Asia as a continent should have its own forum to discuss Asia-wide cooperation. The idea was formally put forward during the 34th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Hanoi, 23–24 July 2001, and at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat in Phuket, 20–21 February 2002.

### Ministerial meetings

|Meeting|Location|Date(s)|
| --- | --- | --- |
|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|Colombo|15–16 October 2009|
|9th|Tehran|8–9 November 2010|
|10th|Kuwait City|10–11 October 2012|
|11th|Dushanbe|29 March 2013|
|12th|Manama|26 November 2013|
|13th|Riyadh|25 November 2014|
|14th|Bangkok|9–10 March 2016|
|15th|Abu Dhabi|16–17 January 2017|
|16th|Doha|30 April 2019|

### Summits

|Summit|Location|Dates|
| --- | --- | --- |
|I|Kuwait City|15–17 October 2012|
|II|Bangkok|8–10 October 2016|
|III|Tehran|2018|

## Member states

The ACD was founded by 18 members. The organization currently has 34 states, listed below (it includes all current members of the ASEAN and the GCC). _Overlapping regional organization membership in italics._

|Name|Accession date|Regional organization||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, ECO|
||style="text-align:right"||GCC, AL|
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, BIMSTEC|
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, BIMSTEC|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN, MGC|
||style="text-align:right"||SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, BIMSTEC, MGC, SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN|
||style="text-align:right"||ECO|
||style="text-align:right"||—|
||style="text-align:right"||CIS, ECO, SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||—|
||style="text-align:right"||GCC, AL|
||style="text-align:right"||CIS, ECO, SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN, MGC|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN|
||style="text-align:right"||—|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN, BIMSTEC, MGC|
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, BIMSTEC|
||style="text-align:right"||GCC, AL|
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, SCO, ECO|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN,|
||style="text-align:right"||GCC, AL|
||style="text-align:right"||CIS, _CoE_, SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||GCC, AL|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN|
||style="text-align:right"||SAARC, BIMSTEC|
||style="text-align:right"||CIS, ECO, SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN, BIMSTEC, MGC|
||style="text-align:right"||_CoE_, ECO, NATO|
||style="text-align:right"||GCC, AL|
||style="text-align:right"||CIS, ECO, SCO|
||style="text-align:right"||ASEAN, MGC|
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## Infobox (geopolitical organization)

- **conventional long name**: Asia Cooperation Dialogue
- **linking name**: Asia Cooperation Dialogue
- **symbol width**: 180px
- **image map**: Asia Cooperation Dialogue member states.svg
- **map caption**: Member states in yellow
- **admin center type**: Headquarters
- **org type**: Regional cooperation organizations
- **membership type**: Members
- **leader title1**: Secretary-General
- **leader name1**: Dr. Pornchai Danvivathana
- **established**: 2002
- **area km2**: 46872864
- **population estimate**: 4,317,290,284
- **population density km2**: 92