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Better conditions needed in Kyrgyzstan to help 75,000 people still uprooted – UN

The United Nations refugee agency today called on Kyrgyz authorities to improve conditions to allow 75,000 people who remain uprooted after last month’s deadly ethnic clashes, as the world body and its partners appealed for more funds to help those affected by the violence.

Kyrgyzstan: UN job scheme seeks to aid recovery in areas hit by recent unrest

More than 1,100 people affected by the violence that erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan last month have been given short-term jobs under a United Nations scheme aimed at injecting much-needed cash into the local economy and providing incomes so people can restart their lives.

Kyrgyz security forces committing human rights violations, says top UN official

Security forces in southern Kyrgyzstan are responsible for human rights violations, ranging from arbitrary detention to torture, threatening the fragile peace in the area six weeks after it was rocked by deadly inter-ethnic violence, a top United Nations official said today.

Kyrgyzstan: UN says 75,000 still displaced one month after clashes

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that some 75,000 people are still displaced one month after the deadly clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, which uprooted nearly 400,000 people and sent many fleeing to neighbouring Uzbekistan.

UNICEF helps provide safe spaces for children affected by Kyrgyz violence

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have embarked on a project to open safe spaces where children who have suffered during the recent violence in Kyrgyzstan can play together and receive counselling.

Wrapping up visit to Kyrgyzstan, UN official calls for reconciliation

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has appealed for continued calm in the wake of deadly ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan to allow for reconciliation efforts to gain traction.

UN continues rushing food aid to Kyrgyzstan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is continuing to distribute supplies to people who have been affected by the recent deadly ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan.