[6.04.2010]
Secretary General of the United Nations Organization Ban Ki-Moon paid a visit to Uzbekistan on 4-5 April.
The head of the international organization initially visited Nukus, where he participated in the presentation of the activities to improve the environmental situation in the Aral Sea area.
Programs and projects, implemented under the leadership of the President Islam Karimov, to stabilize the environmental situation in the region, soften the consequences of the crisis, improve health and ensure
[15.12.2009]
Opportunities for strengthening regional institutional and legal frameworks for the management of transboundary water resources in Central Asia are being discussed today in Almaty. The two-day meeting of the Working Group on Institutional and Legal Strengthening is convened by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and facilitated by the UNECE under the programme on Regional Dialogue and Cooperation on Water Resources Management in Central Asia, financed
[15.12.2009]
A series of trainings was held by the team of experts on formulation of the regional action plans on child wellbeing. The trainings were arranged in Bukhara (Bukhara region), Urgench (Khorezm region) and Nukus (the Republic of Karakalpakstan)
The main objectives of the trainings are to strengthen capacities in formulation of the strategic papers on child wellbeing, analysis of the impact made by separate socio-economic transformations on child wellbeing as well as consideration of the child rights
[9.12.2009]
A series of round table discussions was arranged by the Fund on the recovery and the most critical priorities of the socio-economic development in the Aral Sea region. The overall goal of this initiative is harmonization and coordination of donor assistance in the region, synergy formulation of the main directions, measures and mechanisms, identification of the major partners and counterparts in achieving sustainable development of the Aral Sea region.
The round tables gathered representatives
[18.11.2009]
The Fund has formulated the International Programme “Children of Aral” in close cooperation with the government agencies and NGOs. The Programme is an essential of the National Plan of Actions for implementation of the Minimum Age Convention and the Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor ratified by Uzbekistan in 2008.
“Children of Aral” is a strategic paper with an overall goal to enhance child wellbeing in the region
[13.08.2009]
With the support of OSCE the Fund initiated establishment of an institutional framework to discuss development prospects in the Aral Sea region entitled Aral Sea Region Development Assistance Platform. The initiative is launched as a follow up to the International Conference Problems of Aral: Impact on the Gene Pool of Population, Flora and Fauna and International Cooperation for Mitigating Consequences hosted in Tashkent in March 2008, and one of its major recommendations emphasizing the need for
[17.07.2009]
GEF IFAS started formulation of the Terms of reference for afforestation of the 20,000 hectares on the former bottom of the sea.
Previously the Agency afforested 10,000 hectares in the Northern part of the Aral Sea region. Particularly two years ago the Agency planted tamarisk, saxaul and others allowed to reduce salt transmission more than two times.
Other projects implemented by IFAS also aim to combat negative consequences of the Aral environmental crisis. USD 70 million were spent
[17.07.2009]
On June 28, 2008 a special section “Reduction of water related disasters in the Aral Sea basin” was held within the framework of the International Conference on Water Related Disaster Reduction.
The session was initiated by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.
The session gathered representative of IFAS founder countries, heads and representatives of IFAS units, international and regional organizations, research and financial institutions, civil-based organizations
[17.07.2009]
On June 26 the Central Asian fare on effective use of water resources in agriculture was held in Poytaht business-center.
39 finalists from 5 Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) gathered to represent their projects and seek funding for their implementation. Total budget is $300,000. Project budgets varied from $10,000 to $25,000.
The event was arranged by the World Bank and Department of International Development (Great Britain) and Swiss Agency for Development
[3.11.2008]
Ecosan International organization and Uzbekistan Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) state joint stock railway company sent humanitarian aid to Khorezm regions for 80 million soums.
[3.11.2008]
Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov has written books on love and the Kuril Islands. His latest tome, "Water and Peace," revives a grandiose Soviet plan to redirect Siberian rivers to irrigate cotton fields in Central Asia.
[17.07.2008]
The 2008 was proclaimed as a Year of Youth. This assumes specific attention to improving health of young people, maternity and childhood protection. A Health train sent within the framework of the annual programme arrived in the Aral Sea region.
[29.05.2008]
Resolving the problems caused by the drying out of the Aral Sea, which has shrunk drastically in size in recent decades because of the inefficient use of water resources and climate change, will only happen when the countries of Central Asia work together, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says. The problems “cannot be solved through the efforts of a single country,” UNDP Regional Director for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Kori Udovicki told the Aral Sea
