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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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World Bank Group delivers a lecture at the Institute for Foreign Relations |
World Bank Group delivers a lecture at the Institute for Foreign Relations 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. Future leaders and representatives of the Turkmen government have learned about the World Bank Group and its activities across the world.
The presentation was divided into two parts. The first, talked about the World Bank Group, its history, structure, the agencies of the World Bank Group, and its activities. The second part, focused on IFC’s activities. Mr. Mik spoke about IFC’s important role in development of emerging economies and developing countries through support to the private sector.
The presentation offered detailed information about the global institution and presented interesting statistics in various sectors. The presentation also talked about various sectors of the Turkmen economy where IFC could use its experience, financial and human resources to support achievement of its development objectives, including increasing of the share of private sector in GDP.
This presentation is part of the exercise of the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s office in Turkmenistan on delivering a series of lectures by UN agencies present in the country, as an outreach event on the occasion of the UN Day to familiarize the future leaders of the country with the United Nations System and its specialized agencies.
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Turkmenistan signed the Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group on September 22, 1992. In 1996, the Bank established a Liaison Office in Ashgabat to enhance communications with the government and to provide operational support. Currently, the World Bank Group continues to conduct a dialogue with the Turkmen Government by providing assistance in a number of areas of mutual interest. | |
