Press Releases

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Within the framework of its strategic dialogue series, the Centre organized the seminar "Looking Ahead: Central Asia and Afghanistan when NATO Leaves" presented by Dr. Martha Brill Olcott, Professor…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan On 1 October, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA, talked about the "Initiatives of Turkmenistan on promoting durable peace and sustainable development…

NEW YORK, September 2011 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings with H.E. Roza Otunbaeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Gurbanguly…

NEW YORK Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Having just observed the anniversary of 9/11, we can say one thing with certainty: the threat of terrorism has not gone away. In the past decade alone, horrific images from around…

The UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia has issued a new publication on “Early Warning on Potential Trans-boundary Water Problem Situations in Central Asia”. Central Asian states are actively…

NEW YORK – Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the world community to reinforce preventive diplomacy which, through a system of early warnings and skilled interventions, can pre-empt conflicts before they erupt…

NEW-YORK In the first-ever UN report on the use of preventive diplomacy to resolve tensions and crises before they escalate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describes the growing importance of this practice by the United…

In the first-ever UN report on the use of preventive diplomacy to resolve tensions and crises before they escalate, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describes the growing importance of this practice by the United Nations and its…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - SRSG Jenča traveled to Astana, Kazakhstan, on 22 July, for meetings with Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and other senior Kazakhs officials. Discussions touched upon the current political and…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - Participants from nineteen countries and the European Union, international and regional organizations, financial institutions, business and academia arrived in Ashgabat for a two-day meeting to…