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President Emomali Rahmon of the Republic of Tajikistan addresses the General Assembly’s annual general debate.
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UN must bolster role in coordinating Member States’ efforts to tackle challenges, Tajik leader says

20 September 2017
Addressing the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly today, Emomali Rahmon, the President of Tajikistan, called on the Organization to carry out its mission, coordinating the efforts of Member States to build resilience to the many challenges and threats peoples and countries face.
Ms. Pratibha Mehta, UN Resident Coordinator in Tajikistan, addresses the audience at the High-level event on “Human security and its contribution to Agenda 2030.
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“Improvements are astonishing” in “very poor” region of Tajikistan

13 July 2017
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“Astonishing” improvements came about when five UN agencies joined forces in an integrated manner to help transform one impoverished valley in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan.

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Tajikistan’s Parliament in session.
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Tajik restrictions on opposition, civil society, media ‘eroding’ rights, says UN expert

10 March 2016
An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced concern over the increasing Government restrictions on opposition parties, civil society and the media over the past year in Tajikistan.
OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.
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UN human rights office voices concern after Tajikistan bans Islamic political party

2 October 2015
The United Nations today voiced concern about an increasing risk of human rights violations connected with the recent banning of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), and the arrest and detention of more than a dozen of its members since early September.
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Envoy briefs Security Council on UN support to Central Asia

16 July 2013
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The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Miroslav Jenča, briefed the UN Security Council

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UN review finds that access to clean water among most pressing environmental challenges in Tajikistan

Tajikistan: UN review finds that access to clean water among most pressing environmental challenges

14 December 2012
Access to clean water and improved sanitation and waste management remain some of the most pressing environmental challenges for Tajikistan, according to a United Nations review of the Central Asian nation’s management of its environment, published today.
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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UN anti-crime official highlights role of Central Asian cooperation in fighting drug trade

31 May 2012
With 90 per cent of the world’s illicit opiates being produced in Afghanistan, the neighbouring frontline states in Central Asia have a key role to play in tackling drug trafficking, the United Nations top anti-drugs and crime official said today, during a visit to Tajikistan.

UNICEF report details negative impact of labour migration on Tajik families

13 December 2011
A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on labour migration from Tajikistan shows that many children left behind are exposed to bullying and suffer from depression as well as increased aggression and rebellion.
Floods and mud flows have displaced over 15,000 people in Tajikistan [File Photo]

Tajikistan: UN appeals for aid for flood victims

19 May 2010
The United Nations today called on the international community to support the Tajik Government’s appeal today for $5.3 million to provide relief and recovery aid to thousands of victims of deadly floods in the south of the impoverished Central Asian country.
Maryam Jurakulova of Tajikistan with a fruit tree seedling she received from WFP

UN agency takes aim at two birds with one stone – poverty and global warming

7 April 2010
In a novel track in the battle against global warming, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has given 800 poor families in Tajikistan thousands of seedlings to plant not only to provide fruit, but to offset the carbon footprint of vehicles used in the agency’s food aid work.