(Jalal-Abad, 20 January 2012) - During a meeting with the Governor of Jalal-Abad province, in the presence of the Jalal-Abad Chief of Interior Ministry and other high level officials, the Mayor of Jalal-Abad, Mr. Bakyt Adylovich Adylov, presented a certificate of honor to the UN Refugee Agency for its significant contribution in strengthening interethnic harmony and contributing to the social-economic, cultural and spiritual development of the city and region. 

In 2010-2011 the UN Refugee

(Бишкек, 20 января 2012 г.) - В ходе встречи также рассматривались планы сотрудничества на ближайшую перспективу. Во встрече принимали участие Чрезвычайный и Полномочный Посол Российской Федерации в Кыргызской Республике Валентин Власов и дипломаты Посольства, Постоянный Координатор системы ООН в КР Александр Аванесов, Руководитель Аппарата Президента КР Жанторо  Сатыбалдиев, Министр иностранных дел КР Руслан Казакбаев и главы учреждений системы Организации Объединенных Наций в КР.

(Bishkek, 20 January 2012) - Today, the UNODC Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan handed over modern office and other special equipment (set of computers, vehicles, counter-contraband team kit, GPS devices, means of chemical protection, first-aid kits, forensic manuals) to the State Service on Drug Control of the Kyrgyz Republic (SSDC). The formal hand-over ceremony took place at the premises of SSDC in Bishkek with participation of the representatives of donor organizations. The event was also

On 18 January 2012, Mr. Johann Siffointe, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kyrgyzstan handed over his Letter of Presentation to H.E. Mr. Ruslan Kazakbaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic. 

Mr. Johann Siffointe, a French national with a Masters of International Law from Oxford University, has been working for the UN Refugee Agency since 1994 in a number of countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Cambodia, Papua

19 December 2011 – The Security Council today voiced its appreciation of efforts by the United Nations regional centre for preventive diplomacy in Central Asia, particularly its focus on trans-boundary threats to stability, the management of common resources and cooperation on anti-terrorism measures.

(Bishkek, 16 December 2011) - “We adults should do all we can to protect children from violence, neglect and abuse,” said Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF Representative in Kyrgyzstan, at the opening ceremony. “We hope that this Centre will be a model for the creation of a nationwide child protection services.”

14 December 2011 – The United Nations has “never been so needed” to deal with the planet’s most pressing challenges, from the impact of climate change to growing demands for human rights to helping people facing humanitarian crises, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a year-end press conference today.

(Bishkek, 9 December 2011) - The infection of 191 children with HIV in hospitals in South Kyrgyzstan between 2007 and December 2011 is a tragedy. All measures should be taken to ensure that these children receive proper care and support and no more children get the virus. A growing pressure on individual healthcare workers hinders such measures and diminishes any efforts on healthcare system improvement. The UN is concerned to learn that 14 healthcare workers have faced criminal charges, of