The 1st summit was held on 1–6 September 1961 in Yugoslavia (Belgrade) and the latest summit (i.e 18th) was held on 25–26 October 2019 in Azerbaijan (Baku).
Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia remained chairperson from 1961 to 1964.
Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan is the current chariperson since 2019 to 2022.
Its 9 states members are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
The headquarter is located in Minsk (Belarus) and its Executive Secretary is Sergey Lebedev.