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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 10 September, the UNRCCA Representative gave a lecture to diplomatic staff of foreign policy institutions from nine countries. The event was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan within the framework of the training course for young diplomats…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- On 23-25 September, Deputy Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Fedor Klimchuk, participated in the workshop “The management of trans-boundary water resources in Central Asia and Afghanistan in the context of climate…

The UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication entitled “Regional Cooperation as a Factor for Peace and Stability in Central Asia”. This publication represents a compilation of materials of the regional seminar “Regional Cooperation as a Factor for…

NEW YORK, September 2015 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings with H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan H.E. Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan, H.E. Mr. Erlan…

BRUSSELS, Belgium

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 9-11 October, UNRCCA together with other UN entities and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan organized the fourth diplomatic mini-football tournament within the framework of the UN Day. This year the tournament was devoted to Turkmenistan’s…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 15 October, UNRCCA hosted a mini-Dublin Group (informal co-ordination group of like-minded countries on fight against illicit drugs) meeting in Ashgabat. This was the second mini-Dublin Group meeting hosted by the Centre and chaired by the Italian Embassy in Ashgabat this…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - "Recent events in Kunduz have once again indicated the fragility of the situation in the provinces of Afghanistan, bordering with Central Asian countries. The Taliban have stepped up their actions and Central Asian states, taking into account these trends, are taking…

BEIJING, China -- On 16-18 October, Mr. Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), participated in the 6th Xiangshan Forum, which was organized in Beijing by the Chinese Association for…

Good data and statistics are indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society. This was explicitly acknowledged in 2014, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics to promote citizen’s entitlement to public information. As…

National flags are a mark of pride and patriotism in every country around the world. But there is only one flag that belongs to all of us. That blue flag of the United Nations was a banner of hope for me growing up in wartime Korea. Seven decades after its founding, the United Nations remains a…