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PRESS RELEASES |
1 December 2011 – Heading into the fourth decade of AIDS, we are finally in a position to end the epidemic.
Ashgabat, 5 November 2011 – Today, Mr. Joseph Mik, Investment Officer working at the International Finance Corporation’s Regional Office for Central Asia and Azerbaijan delivered a lecture on the World Bank Group at the Turkmen Institute for Foreign Relations. Ashgabat, 1 November 2011 – Mr. Ercan SAKA, head of the UNODC Program Office in Turkmenistan delivered a two-hour lecture at the Foreign Relations Institute as a UN outreach activity on the occasion of the UN Day 2011. Ashgabat, 1 November 2011 – Turkmenistan’s Gunesh magazine and the United Nations Children’s Fund have partnered to promote children’s participation and self-expression through media. 24 October 2011 – Days from now, the human family will welcome its seven billionth member.
Ashgabat, 19 October 2011 – The UN agencies accredited in Turkmenistan took part in the exhibition and International Conference titled "20th Anniversary of Turkmenistan’s independence: Policy of Humanism and Justice" on 14 October 2011, which was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan. Ashgabat, 5 October 2011 – The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, Lenni Montiel attended the International Scientific and Practical Conference titled "Foreign Policy of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov: Peace and Sustainable Development" in Ashgabat on October 1. |
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UN Country Team in Turkmenistan discusses global progress in UN reform |
UN Country Team in Turkmenistan discusses global progress in UN reform  Ashgabat, 21 July 2010 – Updates on latest UN reform and System-Wide Coherence issues, as well as progress on achievement of MDGs in Europe and CIS region were discussed during the UN Country Team meeting facilitated by Ms. Gina Lucarelli, Regional Coordination Specialist from UN Development Group, who visited Ashgabat to participate in the annual meeting of UN Coordination Officers from Europe and the CIS.
The meeting discussions focused on the outcome of recent important events such as the High-Level Tripartite Conference on “Delivering as One: Lessons from Country-led Evaluations and Way Forward” which took place in Hanoi on 14-16 June 2010 and “MDG+10 Review Conference for Europe and CIS” organized in Istanbul on 9-10 June 2010.
UNCT members also listened to the experience of One UN Programme for Albania, the only One UN Pilot Office in this region, building up on which other countries of the region have embarked on their ‘Delivering as One’ initiatives.
 In the course of discussions, it has been stressed that the region has a unique development path and experience with lots of progress already made to achieve certain millennium development goals. However, participants also agreed that significant efforts are required to achieve all MDGs by 2015 and sustain those which were already achieved.
Other important issues that UN Country Team members extensively talked about included issues of management and accountability, the role of UN System in the middle-income countries, joint programmes and support of the Regional Directors’ Team to the UN Country Teams.
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