Press Releases

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - On 23 January, Deputy Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Philipp Saprykin met with the Acting Director of CARICC (Central Asian Regional Information and…

NEW YORK - I thank all of you for coming together to take on the challenge of anti-Muslim discrimination and hatred. Anti-Muslim hate crimes and other forms of bigotry are on the rise. The same applies to xenophobia, racism…

NEW YORK - “ Where the rules are silent women are not usually considered” – Jessie Street, Australia’s only female delegate to the United Nations Founding conference, 1945. The Group of Friends for Gender Parity, a coalition…

New York In his first message on his first day as United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, appeals to the world for one shared New Year Resolution - to "put peace first" in the year 2017. Full Text of the SG's…

António Guterres, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1st January 2017. Having witnessed the suffering of the most vulnerable people on earth, in refugee camps and in war zones, the Secretary…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Representatives of financial intelligence units, law enforcement bodies, prosecutors and other Governmental agencies of all Central Asian countries and Afghanistan met in Ashgabat on 14-16 December to…

On 14 December, UNRCCA organized one-day training for Parliamentarians in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The training was attended by Central Asian parliamentarians and staff of parliamentary administrations, experts of institutes of…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan – The regional seminar titled “Role of Parliaments in Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia” took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 12- 14 December 2016. The event was organized by the UN Regional Centre for…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - On 5 December, "Turkmenistan" channel has video-recorded the congratulatory speech of SRSG Draganov on the occasion of the Neutrality Day of Turkmenistan. Full text of SRSG Draganov's congratulatory…