• On April 4, 2016 Tajikistan National Mine Action Center (TNMAC) with UNDP Support to Tajikistan Mine Action Programme and participation of the UN agencies and Government of Tajikistan representatives, international organization such as OSCE, EU, NPA, FSD, ICRC and representatives of donor countries such as the US, France, UK, Iran, Afghanistan, Japan embassies as well as other national NGOs will commemorated the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. This day was officially announced as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action by resolution of UN General Assembly dated December 8, 2005, and it is annually celebrated at the international level. Tajikistan has been celebrating this event since 2006. This year UNDP and TNMAC supports the worldwide awareness campaign initiative lunched by GICHD under the hashtag #TogetherAgainstMines in the lead up to April 4, the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Its goal is to increase knowledge about the problem of landmines around the world and it asks people to show their support for keeping the issue on the international agenda. Ms. Sanja Bojanic UNDP Tajikistan Country Director a.i. mentioned about the UNDP contribution to mine action in Tajikistan which started from 2003 with establishing TMAC as well as highlighted the strategic achievements such as nationalization of TNMAC and the excellent progress in land release, mine risk education and victim assistance. UNDP within its mandate, and in accordance with the principle of humanism, will make every effort to assist those who have suffered and continue to suffer from the mines. UNDP will apply our every effort to promote a “minefree” society, support socio-economic initiatives for mine victims, their families and people with disabilities, as well as increase mine awareness and mine risk education. In addition to UNDP, the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Defence, TNMAC, OSCE, ICRC as well as the Embassy of France mentioned about their contribution to Mine Action Programme in Tajikistan. Such event provides an opportunity to advocate for prohibition of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions through exchange of information and demonstration of solidarity with victims to support relevant international conventions at high level. It also serves as a great platform for resource mobilization for the purpose of fulfilling the Ottawa convention obligation. Background info Tajikistan is contaminated by mines and explosive remnants of war as a result of civil war in 1992–1997 and mine-laying along the Afghan border by Russian forces. Population living along parts of the border with Uzbekistan face a threat from mines laid by Uzbekistan along parts of their side of the still disputed border. There is also a residual threat from cluster munition remnants in the Central Region, although the precise location and extent of contamination is not known. The extent of contamination from other explosive remnants of war is limited. Tajikistan acceded to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 1999 and to the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in 2005 including its Protocol II and V on ERW. Abdulmain KARIMOV, Project Manager, UNDP Support to Tajikistan Mine Action Programme, Tel: +992 (37) 227-09 47/ 221 66 87 abdulmain.karimov@undp.org Skype: main_karimov http://www.tj.undp.org/ www.mineaction.tj

      April 4th - International Day for Mine Awareness

      On April 4, 2016 Tajikistan National Mine Action Center (TNMAC) with UNDP Support to Tajikistan Mine Action Programme and participation of the UN agencies and Government of Tajikistan representatives, international organization such as OSCE, EU, NPA, FSD, ICRC and representatives of donor countries such as the US, France, UK, Iran, Afghanistan, Japan embassies as well as other national NGOs will commemorated the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

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    • Residents of Dusti district, Khatlon region continue celebrating Navruz holiday. The opening ceremony of the rural health center took place on March 23, 2016. Deputy Chairman of the district, local authorities and representatives of UNDP in Tajikistan were welcomed by people living in Panjrud village with music and songs. Rural health center of Panjrud village was built in the framework of UNDP Tajikistan project

      Navruz brings joy and health to population of Dusti district of Khatlon

      Residents of Dusti district, Khatlon region continue celebrating Navruz holiday. The opening ceremony of the rural health center took place on March 23, 2016. Deputy Chairman of the district, local authorities and representatives of UNDP in Tajikistan were welcomed by people living in Panjrud village with music and songs.

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    • April 4, 2016 This morning members of the UN Peace Building Support Office (PBSO’s) Advisory Group and staff, led by Director and Deputy Head of PBSO Ms. Mari Yamashita, and a UN Tajikistan team led by UNDP Country Director Jan Harfst, met with the Head of B.Gafurov district Mr. Naziri Zarif Valizoda and other district representatives. The meeting was devoted to issues of cooperation in order to prevent tensions in the border area as well as to strengthen good neighborly relations between communities living along the Tajik- Kyrgyz border. The Chairmen of Khistevarz and Ovchikalacha municipalities of B.Gafurov district, heads of the district departments on youth and women and family affairs as well as several community activists took part in the meeting. The meeting focused on ways in which project activities can contribute to strengthening community ties and cooperation. A number of initiatives – including one dealing with rehabilitation of trade school facilities for traditional crafts that was presented by woman activist from Ovchikalacha – were discussed during the meeting. This meeting was organized in the frame of the “Cross-border cooperation for sustainable peace and development” project which is supported by UN Peace Building Fund (PBF)/PBSO and Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). The project was launched in December 2015 and is being implemented by five UN agencies in Tajikistan (UNDP, UNICEF, UN WFP, UN WOMEN, UN FAO)

      UN Peace Building Support Office (PBSO’s) Advisory Group and staff in B. Gafurov district of Sugd

      April 4, 2016 This morning members of the UN Peace Building Support Office (PBSO’s) Advisory Group and staff, led by Director and Deputy Head of PBSO Ms. Mari Yamashita, and a UN Tajikistan team led by UNDP Country Director Jan Harfst, met with the Head of B.Gafurov district Mr. Naziri Zarif Valizoda and other district representatives. The meeting was devoted to issues of cooperation in order to prevent tensions in the border area as well as to strengthen good neighborly relations between communities living along the Tajik- Kyrgyz border. The Chairmen of Khistevarz and Ovchikalacha municipalities of B.Gafurov district, heads of the district departments on youth and women and family affairs as well as several community activists took part in the meeting. The meeting focused on ways in which project activities can contribute to strengthening community ties and cooperation. A number of initiatives – including one dealing with rehabilitation of trade school facilities for traditional crafts that was presented by woman activist from Ovchikalacha – were discussed during the meeting. This meeting was organized in the frame of the “Cross-border cooperation for sustainable peace and development” project which is supported by UN Peace Building Fund (PBF)/PBSO and Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). The project was launched in December 2015 and is being implemented by five UN agencies in Tajikistan (UNDP, UNICEF, UN WFP, UN WOMEN, UN FAO)

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    • April 4, 2016 The Head of Isfara city Mr. Dilshod Rasulzoda Jabbori also hosted the UN PBSO and UN Tajikistan delegation. During the meeting participants discussed initiatives aimed at strengthening cross-border relations and further steps for developing close cooperation between local authorities and UN agencies in efforts to address the sources of tensions between border communities of Isfara district in Tajikistan and Batken district in Kyrgyzstan. The mission then visited the border village of Somoniyon in Chorkuh municipality, which is adjacent to the Kyrgyz village of Koktash. Local residents, women and men, warmly welcomed the guests. During the conversation they highlighted the problems the community currently faces in its relations with its neighbors. They proposed projects aimed not only at resolving the existing problems but also contributing to the improvement of relations with their neighbors. The mission’s next meeting was with residents of Langari Bifotimai Zahro settlement of Chorkuh municipality. Residents gathered near a pump station which supplies irrigation water to their farmlands. Construction of the pump was supported by UNDP in 2015. This facility was built for the purposes of addressing the problem of water shortages and unauthorized access by the residents to a channel located in the territory of Kyrgyzstan. It is expected that UN agencies in Tajikistan will work on a number of similar initiatives in the framework of the current project supported by PBF/PBSO.

      UN Peace Building Support Office (PBSO’s) Advisory Group and staff in Isfara district of Sugd

      April 4, 2016 The Head of Isfara city Mr. Dilshod Rasulzoda Jabbori also hosted the UN PBSO and UN Tajikistan delegation. During the meeting participants discussed initiatives aimed at strengthening cross-border relations and further steps for developing close cooperation between local authorities and UN agencies in efforts to address the sources of tensions between border communities of Isfara district in Tajikistan and Batken district in Kyrgyzstan. The mission then visited the border village of Somoniyon in Chorkuh municipality, which is adjacent to the Kyrgyz village of Koktash. Local residents, women and men, warmly welcomed the guests. During the conversation they highlighted the problems the community currently faces in its relations with its neighbors. They proposed projects aimed not only at resolving the existing problems but also contributing to the improvement of relations with their neighbors. The mission’s next meeting was with residents of Langari Bifotimai Zahro settlement of Chorkuh municipality. Residents gathered near a pump station which supplies irrigation water to their farmlands. Construction of the pump was supported by UNDP in 2015. This facility was built for the purposes of addressing the problem of water shortages and unauthorized access by the residents to a channel located in the territory of Kyrgyzstan. It is expected that UN agencies in Tajikistan will work on a number of similar initiatives in the framework of the current project supported by PBF/PBSO.

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UNDP has been on the ground in Tajikistan since 1994. Nowadays, Tajikistan is a peaceful and stable country, with a rapidly developing economy. However, it is still simultaneously facing challenges of transition, a post-conflict state and of “ordinary” poverty reduction. UNDP’s programme in the country consequently represents a broad spectrum of activities, within all five practice areas.

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