(6 May, 2012) “It was a great opportunity to get to know some very friendly and welcoming people who work in these communities and projects we had the chance to visit”, stated Mikko Kinnunen, the Finnish Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on a joined visit with Alexander Avanessov, the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in Kyrgyzstan. Mr. Avanessov and Mr. Kinnunen visited UNDP, WFP and UNICEF projects in and around Jalal-Abad on Sunday, 6th of May, as well as met with some members

Bishkek – Monday, 7 April. Today the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) handed technical assistance and capacity building equipment to the State Registration Service’s Civil Status Registration and Passport Offices (ZAGs), including 16 computers, as well as printers, copy and fax machines. In addition, UNHCR provided financial support to SRS to install a VPN L2 internet channel.
The number of identified stateless persons in Kyrgyzstan decreased by almost 30,000 persons since 2009 until now. In 2011

Joint message of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary General, ICM, International Confederation of Midwives.

Investing in Midwifery Pays

On this International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and ICM, the International Confederation of Midwives, commend the important work of midwives in promoting good health and making pregnancies and childbirths safe.

   (26 April, 2012) On the 26th of April the initiative "Girls' Day" was held in Bishkek, Osh and Kara-Kol. The project was organized by the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Social Development, the International Business Council and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The purpose of the event was to help schoolgirls to choose a

BISHKEK – The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) will start distributing basic food commodities to support more than 370,000 people in rural areas who require assistance following the long, harsh winter.

(24 April 2012) Last year on World Malaria Day, we mourned the fact that one child died every 45 seconds from this disease. This year, we have managed to slow the clock. It remains a monumental tragedy that one child dies every minute from malaria, but we can draw some hope from the many lives saved through international interventions.

(21 March 2012) For three thousand years of world history and for three hundred million people today, Nowruz unites regions and nationalities, religions and languages to share in the renewal of life on the first day of Spring.

(March, 15, 2012, Bishkek). To celebrate the 20th anniversary of UN in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the UN Resident Coordinator, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and other key government officials and officials from the local administration are planting trees of Peace in the park of the Kyrgyz State National University, Alley of Youth.