Tajik

Louise Arbour

UN human rights chief urges Tajikistan to take further steps on access to justice

27 April 2007
Tajikistan must take active steps to ensure there is wider access to justice and it should also allow local and international monitors to visit places of detention, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said today after concluding official talks in her visit to the country, the second leg of her four-nation trip to Central Asia.

As winter looms in Tajikistan, UN appeals for $1 million for earthquake relief

19 September 2006
The United Nations today appealed for $1 million for emergency aid over the next six months to help victims of the July earthquakes in Tajikistan, which destroyed or damaged nearly 2,600 houses and affected some 21,000 people, as winter approaches.

UN rushes emergency aid to Tajikistan after earthquakes affect thousands in the south

1 August 2006
The United Nations is providing $20,000 in emergency assistance to Tajikistan after earthquakes hit two southern districts of the Central Asian country at the weekend, affecting around 9,000 people and damaging infrastructure in a region close to the border with Afghanistan.
Ibrahim Gambari

Top UN official visits Central Asia to boost cooperation against terrorism, crime

13 June 2006
The top United Nations political officer arrived in Tajikistan today at the start of a visit to review support for Central Asian countries in promoting regional cooperation in the battle against religious extremism, organized crime, terrorism and drug trafficking.

UN judicial expert stresses need for further legal reforms in Tajikistan

30 September 2005
Tajikistan needs to undertake further legal reforms to ensure its peaceful development, including measures to strengthen human rights enforcement and guarrantee an independent judiciary, a United Nations judicial expert said today.

UN refugee agency deplores sudden deportations of Afghans from Tajikistan

16 September 2005
An Afghan woman and her four children who had been living in Tajikistan since 1992 were suddenly deported Wednesday to their home country, even though three of them had recently been accepted for resettlement in Canada, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman Ron Redmond said today.

UN Children's Fund receives less than 20 per cent of appeal for flooded Tajikistan

12 September 2005
With a cholera outbreak, along with floods and mudflows from heavy rains and thawing snow and ice devastating Tajikistan, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today said it has received just $700,000 out of the $4 million for which it has appealed urgently.
Tajik refugees finally able to call Turkmenistan home

Granting of citizenship to Tajik refugees in Turkmenistan lauded by UN

10 August 2005
The United Nations refugee agency today hailed the decision of the Government of Turkmenistan to grant citizenship to over 10,000 Tajik refugees, most of whom who had fled civil war in their neighbouring Central Asian country between 1992 and 1997.

UN emergency relief office appeals for help as heavy flooding affects Tajikistan

18 July 2005
The United Nations office on emergency assistance today appealed for food, medicines and other supplies as flooding continued in Tajikistan after two months of heavy rains joined the water from thawing snow and ice.

Senior UN human rights official concludes visit to Tajikistan

5 March 2003
A senior United Nations human rights official today concluded a three-day visit to Tajikistan, part of a trip to Central Asia to enhance dialogue and technical cooperation between the governments of the region and the UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR).