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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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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State visits UN Resident Coordinator |
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State visits UN Resident Coordinator  Ashgabat, 17 June 2010 – The UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, Mr. Lenni Montiel, met with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Mr. Michael Posner, at the UN House in Ashgabat on June 16. He was accompanied by Ms Janice Helwig, Policy Advisor of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Ms Kathleen Crowley, Foreign Affairs Officer for Near East and South/Central Asia of the U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Mr. Michael Posner was on a visit to Turkmenistan as part of the U.S. delegation attending the first round of the bilateral Turkmen-American political consultations.
The UN Resident Coordinator briefed the visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State on the activities of the UN system in Turkmenistan, including in the area of promoting and protecting human rights. Mr. Lenni Montiel especially emphasized UNDP’s ongoing cooperation with the European Union, including within the framework of the EU/UNDP/OHCHR joint project of “Strengthening the National Capacity of Turkmenistan to Protect and Promote Human Rights” as well as EU’s regional Border Operation Management programme for Central Asia. Mr. Lenni Montiel also updated his guest on the recent visit of the UN Secretary General to Turkmenistan and, in this context, on the willingness of Turkmenistan to further engage with the UN in the area of strengthening democratic governance and human rights in Turkmenistan. |
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