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PRESS RELEASES |
11 July 2010 – This year, some 60 countries are collecting data and counting people as part of the 2010 census process. 26 June 2010 – As we prepare for this September’s United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, we must recognize the major impediment to development posed by drug abuse and illicit trafficking. As this year’s theme stresses, it is time to “Think Health, Not Drugs”. 26 June 2010 – Torture is a crime under international law. The prohibition of torture is absolute and unambiguous. UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 23 June 2010 – Updated data on mortality rates among mothers and young children are likely to encourage G8 leaders, who at their meeting later this week will make this health issue – long considered a neglected area of international development efforts – a 2010 priority.
23 June 2010 – On the annual observance of Public Service Day, we pay tribute to public servants everywhere who have improved the lives of others in their communities. Ashgabat, 22 June 2010 – The high-level delegation of the European Union visited the UN House in Ashgabat on June 17 to get acquainted with the UN experience of work in the sphere of human rights in Turkmenistan. 20 June 2010 – On this observance of World Refugee Day, we must note a troubling trend: the decline in the number of refugees who are able to go home. |
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Lenni Montiel presents credentials to President of Turkmenistan |
Lenni Montiel presents credentials to President of Turkmenistan  Ashgabat, 26 March 2010 - New UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Turkmenistan Lenni Montiel presented his credentials to the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, on March 24.
During the meeting, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Lenni Montiel discussed the programme of cooperation for the near future and prospects of new areas of cooperation taking into account a wealth of positive experience gained in recent years. TV coverage of the meeting **** See full coverage of the news at: |
