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02 November 2019 [15:26] - Today.Az
By Trend
UN regional center was proposed to be opened in Kazakhstan’s major
city Almaty, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi
said, Trend reports with reference to Kazakh media.
“I want to emphasize the proposal of Kazakhstan to open a UN regional
center for sustainable development goals with the possibility to help
the countries of Central Asia and Afghanistan. This center may be
located in the new building of international organizations in Almaty,
which was opened in May of this year and which contains 16 UN
organizations,” Tileuberdi said.
He added that Kazakhstan is Central Asia’s (CA) greatest economy and
is interested in further strengthening of economic cooperation between
countries of CA.
“Establishing of regional partnership, investments and cooperation
are the key elements to achieving peace in our regions,” the minister
said.
The United Nations Country Team in Kazakhstan supports the
government, civil society and the private sector: in achieving a future
with a healthy population, green economy, thriving businesses and
guaranteed rights for all, through economic, social and political
modernization; in building an inclusive society, by protecting and
promoting the rights and wellbeing of all people, especially the most
vulnerable and those at risk; in developing the capacity of stakeholders
at all levels to be more accountable for ensuring equal rights for all;
in promoting multilateral and regional co-operation.
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