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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 and women), as well as those … [Read more...]
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. * * * UN … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 will remain in history as one of the most turbulent months … [Read more...]
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 and hold meetings. Put simply, Kazakhstan will have a chance to … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 phrase here is … [Read more...]
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 security as impunity, radicalization, and terrorism find … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]