Bishkek (19 August 2010) - As part of a jointly run “Food for Work” project, by WFP and UNDP, the village of An-Aryk, in the oblast of Chuy, Northern Kyrgyzstan, today successfully completed the distribution of a 23 MT consignment of wheat flour and around 2 MT of vegetable oil.

Secretary-General's Message for 2010

On World Humanitarian Day, we renew our commitment to life-saving relief efforts — and remember those who died while serving this noble cause. People who have lived through terrible events are often left with nothing.

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (August 18, 2010) - The United Nations Communications Group’s Selection Panel for the National MDG Logo Contest has selected a winner entry which will from now on become official national MDG logos for Kyrgyzstan. The author of the winner logo design is Mr. Alexey Lysogorov, well-known Kyrgyz designer.  This contest has been conducted as part of the UNDP project entitled “Localization of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Naryn Province” supported by the Poverty Thematic Trust Fund (PTTF).  Development of the national MDG logos is pivotal to communications strategy to promote MDGs and impart the sense of ownership of the MDG agenda to national actors.

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, (23 July 2010) – From the outside, the walled compound of the Kozybaeva household looks relatively undamaged, raising hopes that unlike most of the neighbouring houses, this one might be intact. But just beyond the gate is the burnt-out shell of what used to be the family car. And beyond that are the ruins of what was once the family home.

A solitary tent in the courtyard is shared by the entire multi-generational family as they try to rebuild their lives.

Osh, Kyrgyzstan — More than 1,100 people in the cities most affected by violence in southern Kyrgyzstan last month have started work on repairing roads, cleaning up irrigation systems, removing litter and restoring parks as part of an initiative by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and local municipalities.

Following the crisis that displaced some 400,000 people in the region last month, UNDP has launched a cash-for-work programme in the major cities of Osh and Jalalabad aiming to bring short-term jobs to unemployed youth and women.   

Bishkek (21 July 2010) -- The first of two rounds of national immunization days (NIDs) against poliomyelitis (polio) in Kyrgyzstan were launched on Monday, 19 July. The launch ceremony was held in an outpatient clinic in the capital, Bishkek, with the participation of Dr Sabirjan Abdikarimov, the acting Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan, and representatives of WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Kyrgyzstan has reported over 90% coverage with three doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) each year. It is supplementing routine immunization in response to the importation of wild poliovirus into Tajikistan, the first since the WHO European Region was certified as polio free in 2002. As of 12 July 2010, Tajikistan had reported 413 laboratory-confirmed cases of wild poliovirus type 1, with 19 deaths (4.6%). The latest confirmed polio cases had disease onset on 6 June 2010. In addition, six cases had been laboratory confirmed for wild poliovirus type 1 in the Russian Federation, the only country outside Tajikistan to confirm cases.