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ASHGABAT (TCA) — United Nations Children’s Fund on April 25 congratulated the Government of Turkmenistan for having been elected to the UNICEF Executive Board for the period 2018-2020 and to the Commission on Status of Women for four years. The decision was announced at the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 19 April 2017. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister for political affairs Hekmat Khalil Karzai said the Japanese aid package will be invested in education, procurement and infrastructure projects, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — During the World Book Day celebration in Bishkek on April 21, U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Sheila Gwaltney announced a donation of over 130,000 books to 80 children’s libraries across the country. The United States will contribute the books through its USAID Reading Together project, which improves the reading skills of early grade students, the US Embassy in Bishkek said. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — On April 11, the World Bank and the Government of Uzbekistan signed a US$50 million Credit Agreement for the Modernizing Higher Education Project that will support the country in strengthening the management of its higher education system and improving its quality and relevance to the labor market, the World Bank said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered the government to introduce a Latin-based alphabet for the Kazakh language by the end of 2017, marking a major shift after nearly 80 years of using a Cyrillic-based alphabet, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The round table “Capabilities of the information analytical system in the management of child care institutions’ reform” will be held in Bishkek on April 6. The event will be conducted within the framework of the EU-funded program on the reform of the social protection sector in Kyrgyzstan, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said. Continue reading
