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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, 29 November 2011 – The decision of the UN Country Team to expand UN visibility in the country has been translated into an initiative to deliver lectures to the students of the Foreign Relations Institute of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan. Ashgabat, 26 November 2011 – The UNDP Country Office in Turkmenistan and the Israeli Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in areas of mutual interest to enhance the effectiveness of their development efforts in Turkmenistan. Ashgabat, 24 November 2011 – Sulgun is passionate about children's rights issues and has posted a number of articles in local newspapers describing the role of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Ashgabat, 23 November 2011 – The Inter-ministerial group members responsible for the implementation and coordination of the Turkmenistan National Programme on Early Childhood Development (ECD) completed a week long workshop where they discussed the latest trends in the area of early childhood development as well as an implementation phase of the Programme. Ashgabat, 23 November 2011 – Students of the Institute of International Relations of Turkmenistan learned about UNDP’s mission, scope of activities and UNDP’s role in the area of human development in a lecture delivered by Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan Narine Sahakyan. Ashgabat, 11 November 2011 – On November 4, 2011, as a result of effective cooperation and coordination between UN and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Mission of International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Turkmenistan provided a 2-hour lecture on "IOM Programmes and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Central Asia" for students and teaching staff of the Institute of Foreign Relations of Turkmenistan. The lecture was attended by more than 60 students. |
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UNICEF and Turkmenistan’s Gunesh magazine promote children’s participation and self-expression |
UNICEF and Turkmenistan’s Gunesh magazine promote children’s participation and self-expression
 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. Earlier this year the Gunesh magazine and UNICEF announced a contest of poems, stories and drawings among children of Turkmenistan that would reflect children’s rights, their life experiences and dreams. The contest that concluded this month was dedicated to the 65th anniversary of UNICEF and 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Independence.
After the contest announcement UNICEF and Gunesh specialists travelled to Lebap velayat to encourage children to submit their stories, poems and drawings to the contest.
Around a hundred children from urban and rural areas of Turkmenistan have sent their entries for the contest titled "Children’s Rainbow" and nine of them have received the winning prizes and certificates. In their works, children described how diverse they would like to see their childhood experience and what children and adults can do to create an enabling environment for children. One of the winning drawings depicted children of the world holding colored banners in a way that made up a bright colorful rainbow. The rainbow symbolizes the diversity of the childhood and equality that all children of the world have a right to enjoy.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child calls for giving children a voice in the media. The contest gave the children and young people an opportunity to express their ideas and opinions, talk about their own lives, and hear about the experiences of other children and young people.
For more information please contact: Ms. Ayna Seyitlieva
UNICEF Communication for Development Officer
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Ms. Gulyalek Soltanova
UNICEF Communication Officer
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Web: http://www.unicef.org/turkmenistan | |
