27,000 tree seedlings were planted by the European Union on the dried bottom of the Aral Sea on the territory of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. It is noteworthy that this figure symbolizes the 27 EU member states that have made this “green” gift to the Central Asian country. According to the EU Delegation to […]
How to save the Aral Sea?
Prof. Dr. Abdulvahap Kara President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the 4th consultative meeting of the heads of Central Asian states stressed the need to take decisive measures for the effective use of the water resources of the Aral Sea basin. As known, this meeting took place in the city of Cholpon-Ata, […]
UN declares the Aral region a zone of environmental innovations and technologies
Elvira Kadyrova The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution declaring the Aral Sea region a zone of ecological innovations and technologies. The document, initiated by Uzbekistan, was co-authored by more than 50 nations, including Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Belarus. The drying of the Aral Sea has become one of the serious […]
Пресс-релиз
28-го мая 2019 в штаб-квартире Организации Объединенных Наций, г. Нью-Йорк, США состоялось 85-ое пленарное заседание 73-ей сессии Генеральной АссамблеиООН при участии полномочных представителей государств-членов Организации. В ходе заседания была единогласно принята резолюция «Сотрудничество между Организацией Объединенных Наций и Международным фондом спасения Арала», инициатором которой выступил Туркменистан.Соавтором данной резолюции выступили 21 страна. Отмечая, что вопрос сохранения […]
Press release
On the 28th of May 2019, the 85th plenary meeting of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly was held in the headquarters of the United Nations with participation of plenipotentiary representatives of the Organizations’ member-states. During the meeting, the Resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving […]
A sea of hopes
Ruslan Osmonov Some 150 million tons of toxic dust is carried by the wind every year around the world from the bottom of the drying Aral Sea. It is inhaled by the inhabitants of Asia, Europe, and sometimes even Antarctica. The zone of destruction from the consequences of the largest environmental catastrophe of mankind has […]