United Nations in Turkmenistan - UNODC and WCO conduct three-day practical training program on profiling of containers

Message from UN Secretary-General on World Population Day

11 July 2010 – This year, some 60 countries are collecting data and counting people as part of the 2010 census process.

Message from UN Secretary-General for International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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”.

Message from UN Secretary-General on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

26 June 2010 – Torture is a crime under international law. The prohibition of torture is absolute and unambiguous.

United Nations Secretary-General Launches MDG Report 2010

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.

Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on United Nations Public Service Day

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.

EU Delegation Takes Interest in UN’s Experience in Promoting Human Rights in Turkmenistan

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.

Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on World Refugee Day

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.