kyrgyz

Kyrgyzstan: Annan welcomes presidential elections

11 July 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the peaceful conduct of yesterday's presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan, which had been organized in just three months, with help from United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), following the resignation of former President Askar Akaev in April.

Kyrgyzstan seeks urgent aid after flooding, mudflows: UN

6 July 2005
Kyrgyzstan's Government has requested urgent aid including blankets, bedding, tents, diesel, fuel, medicine and food to meet its immediate needs after flooding and mudflows destroyed houses, bridges and highways, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today.
Uzbek asylum seekers

Uzbek asylum-seekers in Kyrgyzstan need emergency resettlement – UN refugee agency

1 July 2005
Concerned that Kyrgyz authorities may not withstand the pressure they are under by the Government of Uzbekistan to extradite some 450 Uzbek asylum-seekers, the United Nations refugee agency today held crisis talks in Geneva with traditional resettlement countries in an urgent effort to find an emergency safe haven.

UN offers Kyrgyzstan support to protect Uzbek asylum-seekers

27 June 2005
Amid mounting international concern over the forced deportation of Uzbek asylum-seekers who fled the recent military crackdown in their country to find safety in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, the assistant United Nations refugee chief today pledged to help the Kyrgyz Government protect the displaced during the search for durable solutions.

Annan express serious concern at fate of Uzbek asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan

22 June 2005
Reacting to reports about the possible forced repatriation of Uzbek asylum seekers who fled the recent military crackdown in their country to take shelter in a rough camp in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to the Kyrgyz Government to abide by its international obligations in the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.

Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan attacked, UN human rights team says

15 June 2005
A United Nations human rights team sent to investigate last month's violence in Uzbekistan reported that the security situation of over 400 refugees sheltered in a camp near the Kyrgyz city of Jalal Abad had greatly deteriorated following raids by a group of unidentified men.
Uzbek asylum seekers

UN refugee agency urges Kyrgyzstan to stop security forces deporting Uzbeks

10 June 2005
Following the forced return of four Uzbek men who fled to Kyrgyzstan after last month's deadly crackdown in the town of Andijan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today urged the Kyrgyz Government to cease all further deportations of Uzbek asylum-seekers.