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BISHKEK (TCA) — As the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Committee on ICT, Science, Technology and Innovation will hold its first session from 5 to 7 October in Bangkok, we are publishing the following OP-ED on closing the broadband divide to connect people in Asia and the Pacific, written by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of UN ESCAP, in the lead up to the event: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a two-day Internet Governance Forum in Central Asia, the first of its kind, which concluded on June 22 in the Kyrgyz capital. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A group of civil rights activists rallied in front of the Kyrgyz parliament building to protest a proposal to ban foreign individuals and organizations from owning and establishing media outlets in the country, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The first UN Information and Resource Center (UN IRC) in Tajikistan was officially inaugurated on June 13 by Sirodjiddin Aslov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, and Ms. Cihan Sultanoglu, UN Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, Regional Director of the United Nations Development Programme for Eastern Europe and CIS countries. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The share of the information technology (IT) sector in Kazakhstan’s GDP will increase up to 5 percent after 2020 from today’s 4 percent due to implementation of Digital Kazakhstan concept, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported citing Asel Zhienbayeva, chairperson of Zerde National Information Holding. Continue reading
ALMATY (TCA) — The OSCE Programme Office in Astana, in cooperation with the International Centre for Journalism MediaNet and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Kazakhstan last week held the seventh annual Central Asian Forum on Internet Development in Almaty. Continue reading
