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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – On 23-25 June, Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), paid his first official visit to…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — On 21 June, Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), delivered a speech at the special…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan— The United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in collaboration with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and with the financial support of…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan It is a great pleasure to meet you. Thank you for your taking the time. I am also very happy to visit this UNRCCA [United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia] office after…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Sizing Bilen Dushushýanyma Örän Shat (I am glad to be with all of you) Thank you for inviting me to the International University for Humanities and Development. I am grateful for this recognition. I…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Salam Aleikum. I would like to first of all thank His Excellency President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan for their warm welcome and hospitality. I want to congratulate the…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - On 13 June, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the office of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) in Ashgabat within the framework of his official visit to…

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan As-salamu alaykum. It is a great pleasure to meet with you today. This is my second visit to Uzbekistan as Secretary-General. I thank again His Excellency President Islam Karimov and the Government and…

OSH, Kyrgyzstan Distinguished participants, I am pleased to address the representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s vibrant civil society. I am told the number of registered civil society organizations in this country runs into the…

OSH, Kyrgyzstan Today, we meet in a lively city. But five short years ago, Osh was the scene of tragic events that shocked Kyrgyzstan and the international community. I was in Kyrgyzstan in April 2010 and felt the rising…