This is virtual home of the UN Coordination Unit, developed to serve the information needs of the international community and Government of Tajikistan on humanitarian and development issues. We will keep the site updated with the latest coordination news, and hope that you will all be regular contributors. Please give us your feedback - what else would you like to see here and what could we do better?
Spotlight
World Refugee Day
"This is a time of enormous global uncertainty, but especially so for tens of millions of refugees and displaced people uprooted by conflict and persecution. They have lost not only their livelihoods and their homes, but their loved ones, their friends, their communities, their countries..." Read more (English)(Russian)
Ideas flow into water resources
23 June 2009, Central Asia, Natural Sciences.
Central Asian countries are currently working to integrate principles of sustainable development into their policy documents and public administration practices - with water resources a key issue... Read more
Tajikistan Floods and Mudflows REACT Appeal
Tajikistan Humanitarian Partnership - Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team (REACT) is appealing for $1,456,894 to support the Government of Tajikistan in its efforts to address humanitarian needs of some 12,000 individuals that have been severely affected by floods and mud flows during spring 2009... Read more (English)(Russian)
Conference on "Good Governance in Central Asia"
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 29-30 May, 2009- A conference on "Good Governance in Central Asia" jointly organised by Central Asia Project of the University of Giessen and Aga Khan Foundation was held in Kohi Vahdat last week. Representatives from Majlisi namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, Strategic Research Centre under the President of Republic of Tajikistan, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Institute of Economic Research, international donors and organisations and local non-governmental organisations were among the participants... Read more (English)(Tajik)
The World Food Programme issued a second Food Security Monitoring bulletin evaluating the food security situation in rural Tajikistan in January. The results are condensed in a short bulletin that will be produced every three months and posted in the Food Security section. 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
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.