The current unrest in the South of Kyrgyzstan poses great risks for many people to slide into the poverty trap and spiral of conflict
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (June 16, 2010) – UNDP Kyrgyzstan is concerned about casualties of the violence in the South of the republic and joins the statement made by the entire UN Country Team in Kyrgyzstan http://www.un.org.kg/en/news-center/news-releases/article/65-news-center/4218-statement-by-united-nations-country-team-on-the-humanitarian-situation-in-southern-kyrgyzstan. UNDP is receiving dismal reports on the current developments and urges both the Interim Government and all parties of the conflict to take all possible steps to ensure that violence doesn’t spread to other parts of the country. The conflict poses especially great risk for vulnerable populations with limited resources. UNDP works to help people of Kyrgyzstan solve the most urgent tasks of the day through public works initiative and elections related matters aimed at stabilization of the country.
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By Ban Ki-moon
The Petionville Golf Club sits upon a hillside overlooking Port au Prince and the sea. These days, its once-groomed fairways are home to nearly 50,000 people, among the 1.2 million displaced by the earthquake and crowded together in tents or tarpaulin lean-tos provided by the UN or international relief agencies.
When I visited last week, the sun was shining. Life went on, it seemed: children played, mothers washed clothes in open-air tubs. Many people had set up businesses and informal markets selling food, charcoal, fruit, shoes, shampoo. In the sunlight it might be easy to see this as a sign of hope, life amid the ruins. But when the rains come, the steeply sloping ground will turn to mud, dangerous and diseased. For those trapped in the camp, hope will seem far away.
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New York, 29 March 2010—The United Nations and United States, in cooperation with the Haitian Government, will convene a high-level donors’ conference - ‘Towards a New Future in Haiti’ - on 31 March at United Nations Headquarters in New York to secure the financial resources necessary for Haiti’s recovery, and by doing so, demonstrate the international community’s steadfast commitment to the people of Haiti as they struggle to rebuild their lives after the devastating earthquake.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (9 March 2010) – Today, the First Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Akylbek Japarov and the UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Neal Walker announced the Launch of the One UN Programme in Kyrgyzstan.
Funding of a total USD 3.6 million was committed for the implementation of the One UN Programme in Kyrgyzstan in 2010. This sum represents core UN funding granted to the UN system in Kyrgyzstan to be allocated to projects determined jointly between the United Nations and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic through the Joint Steering Committee.
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Representatives of Kyrgyz Republic government, international, donor and non-government organizations will get acquainted with the results of the UN joint programme Strengthening Coordination of Response to Emergency Situation in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (February 24, 2010) – Partners working the sphere of emergency situations response in the Kyrgyz Republic will gather in the conference hall of Asia Trade Company business center for a coordination meeting.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (December 8, 2009) - On November 10-24, 2009 in northern pilot communities of UNDP Project “Mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Management into Decentralization Process in Kyrgyzstan” were conducted trainings with the main purpose of testing of preparedness and response plans of RRT (Rural Rescue Teams), in Naryn oblast, Tuz village of Kochkor rayon, in Issyk-Kul oblast, Boz-Uchuk (Enchilesh) village of Ak-Suu rayon, in Chui oblast, An-Aryk village of Moskovskiy rayon and Sovetskoe village of Chui rayon.
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DIPECHO Regional Consultative Meeting to share experiences in reducing the impact of floods, landslides and earthquakes across Central Asia
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (November 16, 2009) – On November 18-19, representatives of governments, donors, international and non-governmental organizations will gather in Bishkek to discuss past achievements and future challenges in disaster risk reduction. It is the second regional conference organized initiated by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) and the Kyrgyz Republic Ministry of Emergency Situations. It is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kyrgyzstan.
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Moscow, Russia (6 July 2009) -- Development progress in the Commonwealth of Independent States has declined, in part as a result of the on-going global economic and financial crisis. The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009, launched in Geneva by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, says that in almost all areas, the two groups of countries that are part of the CIS—one in Asia and the other in Europe—have experienced a very different pace of progress. Read: Russian Language Version of Article Read: Millenium Development Goals Report 2009.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (25 May 2009) – The main purpose of the event is to tell about new UNDP Disaster Risk Management Programme, which is aimed at provision of assistance to the Kyrgyz Government in order to establish sustainable capacity for disaster risk reduction. Establishment of the new programme is stipulated by necessity of coordination of actions for international and non-governmental organizations to render the humanitarian assistance to people, suffered from disasters and to create a disaster prevention and post-disaster recovery mechanism at the level of local self-governments. The urgency of the issue is related to the growing number of emergency situations and their victims with growth in Kyrgyzstan, as well as all over the world.
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Representatives of Government, DIPECHO Partners, International Organizations, non-governmental organizations and local communities will discuss the situation in the field of disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction
Osh, Kyrgyzstan (May 19, 2009) – Under the aegis of the 5th action plan of the Disaster Preparedness Programme funded by the European Commission-DG ECHO, the National Conference of DIPECHO partners and stakeholders working in the field of the field of Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction will be conducted.
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