His Highness the Aga Khan Reviews Progress of UCA’s Naryn Campus
Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic, 3November 2014 –His Highness the Aga Khan, Chancellor of the University of Central Asia (UCA) today visited the Naryn campus, the first of UCA’s three new undergraduate campuses spread across the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.
His Highness the Aga Khan to visit Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 1 November 2014 – His Highness the Aga Khan is arrived in Bishkek for a four-day visit to the Kyrgyz Republic.
A long road to citizenship
Bishkek, 30 October 2014 – Today Representation of United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees and the Department of Registration of Population and Acts of Civil Status of the State Registration Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic marked the launch of a global campaign on eradication of statelessness. It is hoped that with the help of this campaign 10 million currently stateless persons around the world will be able to enjoy the benefits of citizenship within a decade.
Photo exhibition on 150 years of humanitarian action in Bishkek
Within the framework of 150 years of humanitarian action the Embassy of Switzerland and the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Kyrgyz Republic are pleased to present the exhibition “War from the Victim’s Perspective” by the Swiss photographer Jean Mohr in Kyrgyzstan.
OHCHR BRIEFING NOTES - Kyrgyzstan
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani
Location: Geneva
Naryn Governor Receives Head of Aga Khan Development Network Representation for the Kyrgyz Republic
Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic, 22 October 2014 – Mr Amanbai Kaiypov, Governor of Naryn Oblast, officially received Mr Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, the Head of Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Representation for the Kyrgyz Republic, during his working visit to Naryn.
EBRD co-hosts first ever Tajikistan foreign investment conference
Ahead of the conference, FT and EBRD kick-started informal dialogue between government, private investors and IFIs
EBRD and Switzerland finance wastewater improvements in Khujand, northern Tajikistan
EBRD loan and SECO grant will enable municipal water company to improve sewerage network and treatment. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have joined forces to enable Khujand, the main city of northern Tajikistan, to modernise its sewerage network and to reconstruct an old wastewater treatment plant that had fallen into disuse after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This cooperation follows two previous successful projects by the EBRD and SECO to improve the city’s water supply.