An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev took part in the UN Secretariat consultations
28.04.2023
On April 28, 2023, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev took part in consultations organized by the UN Secretariat with the heads of several regional organizations cooperating with the UN as part of the high-level interactive dialogue on the UN Secretary General António Guterres' "New Agenda for Peace" initiative.
The consultations were chaired by the UN Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding Rosemary A. DiCarlo. The UN Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the heads of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office and the UNODA participated in the consultations.
In his speech, Samat Ordabaev supported the UN Secretary General's thesis, outlined in "New Agenda for Peace," about the importance of reducing strategic security risks through preventive regional activities and emphasized that strengthening cooperation between the CSTO and the UN could be a good tool for updating the current international agenda in general and, in particular, for strengthening the role and authority of the UN Security Council.
Participants of consultations were reminded that our Organization, established in 2002, was an observer at the UN General Assembly since 2004, every two years the UN GA adopted a resolution "On Cooperation between the UN and the CSTO”. We were also delighted to note the high assessment of the CSTO performance voiced in the Resolution adopted at the 77th Session of the UN GA (November 21, 2022), which particularly noted that "since the signing of the Collective Security Treaty, the CSTO has transformed into a multifunctional structure with the capability to respond adequately to a wide range of challenges and threats in its area of responsibility”. The positive role of the CSTO in maintaining regional security has been repeatedly noted in a number of open debates in the UN Security Council on the topic of cooperation.
The existing experience of interaction between the CSTO and specialized UN structures has formed a solid foundation for the future. In the long term, the participation of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the UN peacekeeping operations appears to be one of its most important areas. This and other areas of contacts will be developed on the basis of joint Declaration on Cooperation between the CSTO and the UN Secretariat dated March 18, 2010, and existing Memoranda and Protocols on Interaction between the CSTO and the UN in different spheres.
It was stressed that the CSTO was aimed at effective implementation in its area of responsibility the tasks of maintaining international peace and security, combating new challenges and threats and preventive diplomacy, and was ready to contribute to the relevant wider efforts of the UN - the main international partner of the CSTO.
