By Asyl Osmonalieva in Bishkek (RCA No. 597, 05-Dec-09)

Plans for massive hikes in electricity and central heating prices have outraged consumers in Kyrgyzstan, who say they will be hard pressed to pay.

The government, which is struggling to cope with the effects of the world economic crisis, says it is forced to cut subsidies and pass on the real cost of energy. Analysts interviewed by IWPR counter that it would be better to address the systemic inefficiencies that make electricity so costly to produce.

IDA Credit: US$2 million equivalent

Terms: Maturity = 40 years; Grace Period = 10 years

IDA Grant: US$2 million equivalent

Project ID: P119227

Project Description: Additional financing for the Energy Emergency Assistance Project aims to increase the volume and reliability of the national energy supply, especially thermal power in the winter season, thereby supporting implementation of the Energy

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has relocated next door to Tajikistan, but analysts doubt it will move back into Central Asia.

By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova, Aida Kasymalieva, Inga Sikorskaya, and Anara Yusupova in Bishkek, and Lola Olimova and rdasher Tahamtan in Dushanbe (RCA No. 595, 18-Nov-09)

Central Asia's most feared Islamic group is back in the news, with reports that it has regrouped in northern Afghanistan close to the border with Tajikistan. At first sight, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, IMU, looks positioned to mount a repeat of the incursions

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (November 16, 2009) - On November 18-19, representatives of governments, donors, international and non-governmental organizations will gather in Bishkek to discuss past achievements and future challenges in disaster risk reduction. It is the second regional conference organized initiated by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) and the Kyrgyz Republic Ministry

El estado de la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo 2009 es el 10.=BA informe de situación de la FAO sobre el hambre en el mundo desde la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación (CMA) de 1996. En el informe se destaca el hecho de que, incluso antes de que se produjeran la crisis alimentaria y la crisis económica, el n=FAmero de personas que padecían hambre había aumentado lenta pero constantemente. Sin embargo, el inicio de estas crisis provocó el incremento pronunciado del n=FAmero de personas que padecen hambre en el mundo.

Como resultado de la crisis económica

Tajikistan's Interior Ministry has announced that four suspected members of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) were killed and one alleged militant arrested in a security operation in a religiously conservative region of northern Tajikistan.

The incident in Isfara, in the restive Ferghana Valley that straddles the nearby borders of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, highlights security concerns over the IMU's activities in the region.

Tajik Interior Ministry spokesman Mahmadullo Asadulloev told RFE/RL on October 19 that one security officer was wounded

Troisième Commission
10e & 11e séances - matin et après-midi

De nombreuses délégations expriment également leur préoccupation sur le sort des travailleuses migrantes face aux crises multiples

La nomination, dans les meilleurs délais, d'un représentant spécial du Secrétaire général chargé notamment d'engager une action de sensibilisation pour lutter contre le fléau de la violence à l'encontre des femmes et des filles pendant les conflits armés a été vivement souhaitée au deuxième jour du débat général de la Troisième Commission