On 17 May 2007, the first members of the Human Rights Council were elected. The Council consists of 47 members divided over five regional groups. Each member serves a three year term. At present the following States...
[DUSHANBE, 1 May 2007] - A group of children, some with pushing carts and some with plastic bags in their hands, are looking for shoppers around the entrance of Shohmansur market in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The youngest is only eight years old...
[8 March 2007] - Across the world today, one in every five girls of primary school age are not in school. When girls miss out, not only are they denied the chance to learn to read and write, earn a living and participate in democracy, it...
[15 January 2007] – States who have signed on to the United Nations international bill of rights for women must continue to press for an end to gender-based violence, a senior UN official today told experts gathering in New York to evaluate...
[DUSHANBE, 12 December 2006] - A new website for UNICEF in Tajikistan was launched today giving outsiders an insider’s view of the lives of children in this mountainous Central Asian country. Covering a range of issues and stories, the website...
[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th...
Summary: World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.[CAPE TOWN, 9 November 2006] - Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases...
Summary: First global study on cluster submunitions asualties: civilians account for 98 per cent of cluster munitions casualties.[GENEVA/BRUSSELS, 2 November 2006] – Civilians constitute 98 per cent of all recorded cluster submunitions...
Summary: This global report was launched during the week of the presentation of the UN Study on Violence Against Children in New York on 12 October. The report is part of a submission to the Violence Study.As the UN Secretary-General’s Study...
[DUSHANBE, 8 August 2006] - More than 14,000 people are living in poor conditions with little or no shelter after two earthquakes jolted southern Tajikistan last month, a senior Tajik emergency official said on Tuesday. Abdurakhim Rajabov,...
