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04 Nov 2004

Afghanistan + 4 others
Canada offers new lease of life to Afghan refugees in Central Asia

Report

— UN High Commissioner for Refugees

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Nov 4 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the Canadian government have teamed up in programmes that could resettle nearly 2,000 Afghans who had been stranded in Central Asia for years with no hope of returning to their homeland.

Two Canadian immigration officers have just concluded weeks of interviews in Tajikistan that are likely to lead to the resettlement of about 1,000 Afghan refugees. At the same time, UNHCR announced in Turkmenistan that Canada had accepted some 140 refugees interviewed there - 64 Afghans, followed by 47 ethnic Armenians who had fled Azerbaijan

19 Jul 2004

Afghanistan + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan: Afghan refugees leave for resettlement in Canada

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— IRIN

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ANKARA, 19 July (IRIN) - Afghan refugees have started to leave the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan for permanent resettlement in Canada under a landmark plan that could bring an end to a lingering humanitarian problem in the region.

Three or four Afghan families left for Canada last week, following the first six individuals who arrived there earlier this month. The departures will continue until a total of 525 refugees accepted for resettlement by the Canadian government leave Kyrgyzstan before

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12 Jul 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Interview with UNDP Resident Representative

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— IRIN

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BISHKEK, 12 July (IRIN) - Jerzy Skuratowicz is the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Kyrgyzstan. An economist, he spoke to IRIN in the capital Bishkek about the development achievements the country has made since independence in 1991, as well as enhancing emergency response in this disaster prone Central Asian republic.

QUESTION: What are main development priorities identified by the government of Kyrgyzstan that UNDP is supporting?

ANSWER: I would say, today one

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12 Jul 2004

Afghanistan + 1 other
Afghan refugees leave Kyrgyzstan for new life in Canada

Report

— UN High Commissioner for Refugees

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 12 (UNHCR) - A steady flow of Afghan refugees has started leaving Kyrgyzstan for a new life in Canada under a landmark group resettlement plan that is expected to largely end a humanitarian problem that had defied solution for years.
Three or four Afghan families are expected to depart for Canada on Tuesday, following the first six individuals who arrived there last Tuesday. The departures will continue until a total of 525 refugees accepted for resettlement by the Canadian government leave Kyrgyzstan before the end of the year.

30 Jun 2004

Kazakhstan + 3 others
Ferghana Valley region: Three dimensional view

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— UN Environment Programme

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24 Jun 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Project completion report on the flood emergency rehabilitation project (loan 1633-KGZ [SF]) in the Kyrgyz Republic

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— Asian Development Bank

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I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1. Severe flooding and landslides occurred as a result of heavy rains in May -- June 1998 in Jalal-Abad and Osh oblasts. The floods caused severe damage to public infrastructure including roads, water supply, sewerage, drainage, power and telephone lines, houses, and municipal buildings -- in particular schools and health care facilities. The rain also triggered landslides and floods in various parts of Jalal-Abad and Osh oblasts that severely damaged public infrastructure and irrigation facilities. In response to the Government's request for emergency assistance,

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21 Jun 2004

Kyrgyzstan + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan: Tajik refugees celebrate naturalisation

Report

— IRIN

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IVANOVKA, 21 June (IRIN) - There was a sense of optimism in the air in a public park on Sunday as Tajiks refugees in the town of Ivanovka, near the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, marked World Refugee Day. Amid dancing, feasting and a commemorative soccer match, those who fled the civil war that shattered their country after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 told IRIN what the noise was all about.

"I now have the right to become a Kyrgyz citizen and that's why I'm happy today," one old man shouted

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09 Jun 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslide risk remains high, says official

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— IRIN

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ANKARA, 9 June (IRIN) - With ongoing torrential rains and minor tremors across the country, Kyrgyzstan remains vulnerable to landslides and floods, emergency officials told IRIN on Wednesday.

"The situation with regard to landslides has slightly stabilised compared to the spring, and landslide activity is going down. However, there are still landslides in both the south and north of the country," Emil Akmatov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Emergency Ministry, told IRIN from the capital, Bishkek.

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07 Jun 2004

Afghanistan + 2 others
UNHCR Kyrgyzstan uses all tools to secure a future for refugees

Report

— UN High Commissioner for Refugees

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, June 7 (UNHCR) - As Kyrgyzstan struggled to emerge from the wreckage of the Soviet Union, it had to cope also with refugees from two wars that ravaged other countries in the region. Now, thanks to flexibility from the governments of both Kyrgyzstan and Canada, there is a good chance that the refugee problems that still beset their neighbours will be largely solved by the end of this year.
Most of the remaining 650 Afghans who found refuge in Kyrgyzstan from the decades of war in their homeland - and were unlikely to ever find it safe to return, often because of past

11 May 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslide kills two in south

Report

— IRIN

ANKARA, 11 May (IRIN) - Two people were killed by a landslide in the southern Kyrgyz district of Kara-Kulja on Monday, according to officials. "The landslide buried two people, a father and his son," Alima Sharipova, a spokeswoman for the Kyrgyz Emergency Ministry, told IRIN from the ministry's headquarters in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. "It was their land and they were sowing it."
Her comments came the day after a land mass of some 350,000 cubic metres slid down in the Kara-Batkak area of

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04 May 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: More landslides predicted following quakes

Report

— IRIN

AMKARA, 4 May 2004 (IRIN) - Emergency officials in Kyrgyzstan expect more landslides in the mountainous Central Asian country following minor tremors in April and anticipated rains in May, IRIN learnt on Tuesday.
"There isn't a single day without landslides. Landslides occurred on Monday and Sunday in various parts of the country, particularly in the south. They are following one another," Anarkul Aitaliev, head of the Kyrgyz emergency ministry's department for monitoring and forecasting, told IRIN from the capital, Bishkek.

"The situation hasn't stabilised

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30 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslides - Situation map

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30 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslides - OCHA Situation Report No. 1

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/0068
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Kyrgyzstan - Landslides
Occurred on 26 April 2004

This report is based on information provided by the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan as well as the press.

I. SITUATION

1. On 26 April 2004 at 10 a.m. (local time), a landslide with a volume of over 3 million cubic meters occurred in the Alay district of Osh province.

2. According to the reports received, 33 people were killed, out of which 16 are children. 11 people have been injured and scores have been left homeless.

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29 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek appeals for international help in landslide aftermath

Report

— IRIN

ANKARA, 29 April (IRIN) - The Kyrgyz government has asked the international community for assistance to mitigate the consequences of Monday's deadly landslide in the south, which claimed the lives of 33 and left scores homeless.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev met representatives of international organisations and embassies accredited in the Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Emil Akmatov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry's civil defence unit, told IRIN from Bishkek on Thursday.

"At this meeting, the prime minister

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27 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Fatal landslide in Budalyk was unexpected, say emergency officials

Report

— IRIN

ANKARA, 27 April (IRIN) - Monday's deadly landslide in southern Kyrgyzstan - where at least 33 people lost their lives - caught Kyrgyz emergency officials by surprise, despite a recent landslide risk assessment in the region.
"The Kaynama area [in Budalyk village] was landslide-prone based on the results of the monitoring. However, specialists didn't expect such a quick sliding of the land in the area. A high level of moisture [in the soil] and a series of recurring tremors over the past week resulted in the land mass rushing down," Emil Akmatov, a spokesman

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27 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz villagers scorn landslide threat

Report

— Institute for War and Peace Reporting

People in the south of the republic are refusing to leave for safer areas despite latest landslide deaths.
By Alla Pyatibratova in Osh and Aida Kasimaliyeva in Bishkek (RCA No. 280, 27-Apr-04)

Villagers in the landslide-prone south of Kyrgyzstan are still ignoring government pleas and financial incentives to move to a safer area, in spite of this week's tragedy which killed 33 people and injured 11 others.

The village of Budalyk, which was devastated by a landslide on April 26, had previously been surveyed by the ecology

26 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslides in south kill more than 30

Report

— IRIN

ANKARA, 26 April (IRIN) - Almost 35 people are reported dead and a dozen injured following a series of landslides over the past three days in southern Kyrgyzstan. "A landslide buried seven houses today [Monday morning] in the Budalyk village of the [southern] Alay district," Emil Akmatov, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry's civil defence unit, told IRIN from the capital, Bishkek.
According to the Ministry of Ecology and Emergency Situations (MEES) of Kyrgyzstan, 33 people were reported dead in the incident, including 16 children, 10 of whom were under the

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20 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslides OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report

— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/0058
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
Kyrgyzstan - Landslides
Occurred on 17 April 2004

This report is based on information provided by the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan as well as press articles.

I. SITUATION

1. On 17 April 2004 at 11.30 a.m, a landslide of 60,000 m3 occurred in the Kara-Sogot village of KattaTaldyk, Kara-Suu district of Osh province in the south of the country.

2. The landslide killed five schoolchildren and stopped at the 70-300 meters away of the houses.

II. NATIONAL RESPONSE

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19 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan landslide kills five children

Report

— Agence France-Presse

BISHKEK, April 19 (AFP) - Five Kyrgyz children were killed in a landslide over the weekend, a spokesman for the Central Asian country's emergencies ministry said Monday.
"They had set out for school but seem to have been buried under the landslide," the ministry's spokesman Emil Akhmatov told AFP.

Fearing a further landslide rescuers decided on Monday to call off their search at the site, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the southern city of Osh, Akhmatov said.

"A new landslide could happen at any second," Akhmatov said.

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17 Apr 2004

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Landslides - Situation map

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