nCa Report Seventy-five years have passed since the day the Soviet troops opened the gates of Auschwitz, ending the Holocaust that had extinguished the lives of six million Jews and eleven million other people. The UN in Turkmenistan in collaboration with the embassy of Israel organized an event on 27 January 2020 to draw attention […]
Neutrality in motion – Conference in Turkmenistan marks start of Roadmap for World Peace – Part 3
Speech by conference participants Ms. Natalya Gherman, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, expressed appreciation for the initiative to organize this important conference, reflecting Turkmenistan’s deep and multifaceted cooperation with international organizations, and in particular the United Nations. The […]
Chinese embassy in Ashgabat and NGO Yenme host New Year party for children with disabilities
nCa News and Commentary The embassy of China in Turkmenistan, in collaboration with the NGO Yenme, hosted on Wednesday (25 December 2019) a New Year party for the children with disabilities. A large number of children with disabilities, accompanied by their caregivers attended the event. The children and the volunteers presented New-Year-themed songs and dances. […]
UN and Turkmenistan signed joint program on improving social protection
Today, on December 16, 2019, the signing ceremony of the joint program with the UN under the title: “Improving the social protection system by introducing inclusive quality social services at the local level” took place. From the Turkmen side, the document was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov. On behalf of the […]
Accelerating SDG Progress in Asia – Pacific
Kaveh Zahedi and Van Nguyen “The 2030 Agenda is coming to life”, declared the Secretary General at the opening of the first SDG Summit, a quadrennial event for the follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As leaders from Asia – Pacific took the floor, theyhighlightedcountry progress of SDG implementation and […]
Catalysing change for gender equality
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Great strides have been taken to empower women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted an ambitious global agenda to achieve gender equality twenty-five years ago.Gender parity has been achieved in primary education.Maternal mortality has been halved. Today, the region’s […]
Central Asia under spotlight of discussions at the UN Security Council
Elvira Kadyrova Last week, the UN Security Council hosted debate on the contribution of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Commonwealth of Independent States and Shanghai Cooperation Organization in countering terrorist threats. The meeting, chaired by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, was attended by foreign ministers of a number of members of these organizations, including Tajikistan, […]
2021 – International Year of Peace and Trust
nCa Report The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution initiated by Turkmenistan, declaring the year 2021 as ‘The International Year of Peace and Trust.’ The announcement was made in Turkmenistan on Monday when President Berdymuhamedov spoke to his cabinet members through the digital video link. The president congratulated his team on the adoption […]
Disaster risk resilience: key to protecting vulnerable communities
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The past five years have been the hottest on record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heat waves have swept across our region, cascading into slow onset disasters such as drought. Yet heat is only part of the picture. Tropical cyclones have struck new, unprepared parts of our region and devastatingly frequent […]
Growing disaster risks exceeding Asia-Pacific’s capacity to respond
New UN report warns of a new climate reality where economic losses are set to quadruple Bangkok (ESCAP news) – The relentless sequence of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific the past two years was beyond what the region had previously experienced or was able to predict – and this is a sign of […]
SCO Summit in Bishkek paved the way for consolidation of regional efforts on common security and sustainable development
nCa Report On 13-14 June 2019, summit of the Council of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held in Bishkek under Kyrgyzstan’s chairmanship in 2018-2019. The summit participants discussed the current state and prospects of further cooperation in SCO space in such areas as security, countering extremism, terrorism and drug trafficking, […]
Turkmenistan, United Nations reiterate full support for peace in Afghanistan
Turkmenistan was recently elected to three important bodies of the UN ECOSOC: Executive Board of the World Food Programme for the period of 2020-2022, Commission on Population and Development for the period of 2020-2024 and Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the period of 2020-2023. A briefing was held on 11 May 2019 where the Turkmen […]
Ambitions are affordable for Asia and the Pacific
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the region has some catching up to do. Despite much progress, the region is not on track to reach the 17 Sustainable Development Goalsset out in the United Nations2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We […]
Put People and Planet First, says UN report for Asia and the Pacific
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 is within reach, but more strategic investments are needed Hong Kong, China (ESCAP News) – In its annual report, Survey 2019: Ambitions beyond growth, launched today, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) – the UN’s regional arm – says that an additional annual investment of $1.5 […]
Kazakhstan underlines need for reforms in UN Security Council
Kazakhstan, the largest country in Central Asia, has completed non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council. For two years, the country made every effort to strengthen the position of the Organization, as the global political regulator of security. Since the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan had been in a difficult situation. The “inheritance” of the […]
Elimination of violence against women and girls – 16 days of activism led by UN in Turkmenistan
Elvira Kadyrova The 16 days of Activism started on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November to once again focus global community’s attention on one of the divaricate social problem – Gender-Based Violence. The time is to remember the negative episodes from our own life experience (both for man […]
Preamble to Peace and Trust
Tariq Saeedi, Raviliya Kadyrova, Elvira Kadyrova The concept is simple: For peace to exist there must be mutual trust among all the parties. Moreover, peace, once achieved, cannot continue to exist without active maintenance of the trust. —– Consequently, peace is a joint responsibility and the required level of trust is also a joint responsibility. […]
Туркменистан избран членом Бюро КВТ Европейской экономической комиссии ООН
22 февраля в ходе очередного 80 заседания Комитета по внутреннему транспорту Европейской экономической комиссии Организации Объединённых Наций (ЕЭК ООН), которое прошло в городе Женева Швейцарской Конфедерации, было принято единогласное решение о включении Туркменистана в члены бюро этого Комитета. Избрание Туркменистана в данную авторитетную структуру ООН в первый год со дня принятия 20 декабря 2017 года […]
Совет БЕЗ опасности. Как Казахстан примирил членов СБ ООН
В Совете Безопасности ООН прошла очередная ротация председательства. Казахстан после месяца во главе ключевого органа самой главной международной организации планеты уступил место Кувейту. Уступил, надо думать, с чувством выполненного долга. За месяц председательства Казахстан сделал на этом посту больше, чем удавалось некоторым членам СБ за годы. Январь 2018 года останется в истории как один из […]
UN Security Council – How Kazakhstan reconciled the Security Council members
Kazakhstan, after a month as the chair of the UN Security Council, has passed the baton to Kuwait. This is the time to pause and ponder. — During the one month of chairmanship in January 2018, Kazakhstan managed to accomplish more than what some members of the Security Council achieved over the years. January 2018 […]
Kazakhstan as chair of UN Security Council in January 2018
Kazakhstan has been a member of the key body of the most important Organization of the Planet – the UN Security Council for a year now. In January 2018, the country takes the position of the Security Council Chairman for a month, that is, it has the opportunity, if necessary, to convene emergency meetings, open […]
Казахстан в качестве председателя Совета Безопасности ООН в январе 2018 года
Казахстан уже год в составе ключевого органа самой главной Организации Планеты – Совета Безопасности ООН. В январе 2018 года указанная страна на месяц вступает в должность Председателя Совбеза, то есть имеет возможность, если потребуется, созывать экстренные заседания, открывать и вести совещания. Говоря проще, у Казахстана появится шанс сделать свой голос в рядах ООН еще громче […]
First Global Conference on Sustainable Development
Tariq Saeedi and Elvira Kadyrova Ashgabat, 27 November 2016 (nCa) — The First Global Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Ashgabat 26-27 November 2016, accomplished a number of key goals, one of which was to remind that even though some key phrases may lose their shine because of overuse, their importance doesn’t diminish. The relevant […]
French proposal regarding the use of veto in the Security Council
Ashgabat, 22 September 2015 — The blocking of the United Nations Security Council in case of mass atrocities is unacceptable. It is a question of humanity and of defense of the principles that are at the heart of the United Nations Charter. It is also a determinant question for the maintenance of peace and international […]
UN Alliance of Civilizations – Fostering Innovation through Apps and Games
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Wants to Foster Innovation through Apps and Games Promoting Intercultural Dialogue The UNAOC launches Create UNAOC 2012, a global competition organized with MIT Education Arcade and Learning Games Network; International Partners include Global Voices, Fundazione Mondo Digitale, Voice of America, ICT for Peace, John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, Doha […]