Johannesburg-New York, 11 June 2010 -The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about reports of renewed violence and several deaths in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. He calls for calm to be restored and urges all involved to show the utmost restraint to prevent further losses of life.
The Secretary-General reiterates the need to respect the rule of law and to resolve issues peacefully through dialogue. He urges the Interim Government to pay particular attention to inter-ethnic relations in the country and to take measures to ensure the peaceful coexistence of all citizens in Kyrgyzstan.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Miroslav Jenca, was in Osh last Sunday and will continue his efforts to ensure the peace and stability of Kyrgyzstan.
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Osh, Kyrgyzstan (December, 2009) – An expert on business chain analysis has conducted a research on feasibility of establishing greenhouse business in Uzgen and Kara-Suu rayons of Osh oblast within the ADB-UNDP Project “Rural women empowerment in Central Asia”.
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UNDP Programme on HIV/AIDS and NTRBC agreed to cooperate and launched the first Resource Center for journalists to cover issues about HIV/AIDS and related social topics.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1 December, 2009) – Today, on the World AIDS Day, UNDP Programme “Support to the Government in Response to HIV in the KR” and National TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation signed a Memorandum of cooperation and officially launched the first Resource Center in the country, which will help the media to cover topics on HIV/AIDS and other related social problems.
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Организатор: ПРООН Кыргызстан
Партнеры: интернет-портал Дизайн.kg, сайты www.photo.kg, www.photo.sands.kg, www.jashtar.kg, www.kyrgyzkhan.kg, www.pr.kg
Время проведения:
15 октября – 15 декабря 2009
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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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New York, USA (March 31, 2009) - The United Nations General Assembly this morning unanimously approved Helen Clark of New Zealand as the new Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for a term of four years.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon nominated Helen Clark last week to replace outgoing Administrator Kemal Derviş of Turkey.
“Helen Clark was selected, amongst a group of excellent candidates, for her outstanding qualifications and numerous accomplishments in her long career,” said Michèle Montas, the Secretary-General spokesperson, in an official statement.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (February 18, 2009) - Speech of Neal Walker, United Nations Resident Coordinator, delivered during the Conference on Social Justice Day.
Your Excellency, Vice Prime Minister Ms. Abdullaeva;
Your Excellencies, Mister Ombudsman and Members of Parliament;
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am very pleased to celebrate with you the UN World Day of Social Justice. It is a particular honor for me as it was Kyrgyzstan’s initiative with the UN General Assembly that led to the resolution declaring 20 February the UN World Day of Social Justice, which we are celebrating today for the first time ever. Because of the importance of the topic and because there are many different entry points on what Social Justice means, I would ask your patience while I work through some of the ideas that the team here in the United Nations House of Kyrgyzstan have put together.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Dec. 16, 2008) – The two competitions entitled “ЖАШТАРМОЛОДЕЖЬ.KG” generated a wealth of visual images of issues and challenges facing the Kyrgyzstani youth today. The competitions were announced by UNDP Kyrgyzstan on 1 October 2008 and were open for entries for two months. Two professional panels consisting of the country’s most accomplished photographers and designers have selected eight prize winners and 32 winners of incentive prizes and diplomas. An award ceremony is taking place today in the UN House in Bishkek. “These competitions have shown the ways the Kyrgyzstani youth identify and visualize the challenges that they face these days,” says the UN Resident Coordinator in the Kyrgyz Republic Neal Walker. “These insights provide excellent input to the work that UNDP is doing in support of the development of the 2009 National Human Development Report (NHDR) on Youth.”
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (October 20, 2008) - The Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of EU-UNDP Parliamentary Project organizes a country wide competition for the best media coverage of Jogorku Kenesh’s activities.
Eligible applicants are: editor’s offices of country, oblast, rayon and city printed and electronic mass media, independent of their patterns of ownership, including information agencies, regular and part-time journalists and photo-journalists, analytical reporters and experts irrespective of their work experience and age.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (July 13, 2006) - Today at the Government House the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Felix Kulov held an official meeting with the UNDP in Kyrgyzstan Resident Representative a.i., Arturo Hein. At the meeting the further high level cooperation between UNDP in Kyrgyzstan and Government, the efficiency of which is constantly important as a result of joint effort including implementation of the UNDP and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic Country Programme Action Plan for 2005-2010 were discussed. |
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