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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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Mr. Jan Sand Sorensen of Denmark Arrives in Uzbekistan to Take Up Duties of UNFPA Representative ai |
Mr. Jan Sand Sorensen of Denmark Arrives in Uzbekistan to Take Up Duties of UNFPA Representative a. i.  On 15 May 2010, Mr. Jan Sand Sorensen arrived in Tashkent to take up the duties of UNFPA Representative ad interim in Uzbekistan and Country Director for Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Mr. Sorensen comes into the region with extensive professional experience within the UN system. During his career he performed as UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Latvia (1997 – 2002), Guyana (2003 – 2004) and Romania (2008 – 2010), in which capacities he also served as UNFPA Representative. Mr. Sorensen also has a significantly long career history with the International Labor Organization (ILO) having served in various capacities: starting from Programme Officer (1983) to Senior Policy Advisor (2005). Before his UN career he served in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was a Lecturer at Universities in the United States and Denmark. During his stay in Uzbekistan, Mr. Sorensen will be responsible for implementation of UNFPA Country Programme in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, will assist in further strengthening policy dialogue with the Governments of these countries and advocate for UNFPA mandate in Central Asia among a large number of partners and counterparts. |
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