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Tajikistan receives nearly half a million dollars for locust control
Dushanbe/Almaty/Dubai, 24 April 2008 - John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today allocated nearly half a million dollars from the donor-funded Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide urgent assistance to the Government of Tajikistan to monitor and control the current outbreak of locusts across 18 provinces... Read more (English) (Russian)

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World Health Day - "Protecting health from climate change"
World Health Day marks the founding of WHO. It is the Organization's most visible effort to raise awareness of a key global health issue selected each year. The First World Health Assembly created the event in 1948 and it has been celebrated on 7 April annually since 1950. WHO organizes international, regional and local events on the Day and throughout the year to highlight the selected priority health area... Read more (English) (Russian)


United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Supports Shahritus Farmers in Making a New Start in Water Management
Shahritus District, Khatlon Region, Tajikistan. On April 11, 2008, the U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Tracey Ann Jacobson and the Shahritus district Hukumat Deputy Chairman Ms. Gulandom Azimova participated in the opening ceremony of the Water User Association (WUA) "Sayod" office in Shahritus, Khatlon Oblast... Read more


Message from Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2008.
7 April 2008, Worldwide - Since 23 April 1996, World Book and Copyright Day has brought together millions of people in more than 100 countries in both the South and North in the solemn celebration of the many functions of the book in the life of human society. It has also invited them to reflect on the place of copyright in connection with books ... Read more



04.04.2008 UNDP GFATM has renewed and launched its website at http://www.gfatm.undp.tj/
03.04.2008 2008: Crunch time for mine action, ICBL
03.04.2008

The World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia visits Tajikistan (English) (Russian)

02.04.2008 Protected Areas and Biodiversity Management in the Gissar Mountains Project in Tajikistan (English) (Russian)
28.03.2008 Improving asylum practices in Central Asia (English) (Russian), The European Union and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
19.03.2008 UNESCO launches second edition of legal survey on freedom of information.
13.03.2008 IFC Press Release #1
11.03.2008 Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan has started distributing humanitarian assistance rendered by the Red Crescent Society of Turkey (Russian)
11.03.2008
08.03.2008 International Women's Day 8 March 2008 Message from Joanne Sandler Ad Interim Executive Director, UNIFEM




$25 MILLION NEEDED TO ASSIST TAJIKS AS HARSH WINTER SETS IN
(Dushanbe/New York/Geneva, 18 February): The United Nations appealed today, on behalf of the Government of Tajikistan, for nearly $25.1 million to meet urgent humanitarian needs arising from the most severe winter in 25 years and to avoid foreseeable life-threatening situations during spring and early summer... Read more

2007/2008 Human Development Report tackles climate change
27 November - The report warns that the world should focus on the development impact of climate change, which could bring unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education. Download the report.


Central Asia Human Development Report
High trade costs, environmental devastation, rising migration, rapid spread of HIV/AIDS and poor governance are some of the challenges that confront Central Asia, according to UNDP's regional Human Development Report, "Bringing Down Barriers", launched in December 2005... Read full report English | Russian

UN Reform
-Formula One – UNDG newsletter

-High-Level Panel Report on System-Wide Coherence

-2005 World Summit Outcome

-UN Global Page on Reforming the Organization

Key Development Documents
-National Development Strategy (English and Russian version)

- Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper -newest version, January 2007 (Russian Only)

-Millennium Development Goals Need Assessment

-Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

-Millennium Declaration

Information Platform
The Information Platform on Tajikistan presents a brief overview of the development strategies of both the Government and donors. It was prepared by the Government in close cooperation with the international community. Available in Russian and English. For hardcopies please contact us.

Millennium Development Goals Report
The Government has presented its first report on progress towards the MDGs, available here to download in English, Russian and Tajik versions. For hardcopies please contact us.