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Educational grants open a door into the world of knowledge for refugees
06.12.2012
Today H.E. Ambassador Gudrun Maria Sräga of Germany and UNHCR Representative Mr. Johann Siffointe congratulated the beneficiaries of the DAFI scholarship.
UNHCR provides technical assistance to the State Registration Service to reduce statelessness
25.10.2012
This assistance is aimed at supporting and strengthening the work of the Department in the issuance of documentation, ensuring that people are not left undocumented and thus prevented from becoming stateless.
UNHCR conducts a forum on emergency preparedness and discusses main issues with the Government
27.09.2012
UNHCR organized a High level Forum on Border Management in Humanitarian Emergencies in conjunction with OSCE. More than 20 senior officials discussed crucial topics on border management in humanitarian emergencies.
UNHCR Helps Refugee and Asylum-seeker Children to Attend School
03.09.2012
UNHCR-funded school supplies and financial support were distributed to over one hundred refugee and asylum-seeker children residing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
UNHCR Facilitated the Adoption of Recommendation for National Action Plan on Mixed Migration
22.06.2012
Today the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in cooperation with the International Organization on Migration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, conducted a national consultation on mixed migration.
UNHCR congratulated cadet winners of international law contest
19.06.2012
On 19 June Johann Siffointe, UNHCR Representative in the Kyrgyz Republic participated in a commencement ceremony of cadets of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Academy. On this occasion, Johann Siffointe congratulated the cadet team who last week won second place in the New Horizon international refugee law contest in Minsk, Belarus, 13-14 June 2012.
UNHCR supports the Kyrgyz Republic to reduce number of stateless people
14.06.2012
Bishkek, 14 June 2012 - Today the State Registration Service (SRS) of the Kyrgyz Republic organized a ceremony to hand over passports of Kyrgyz citizenship to 23 former stateless persons in Alamedinsky district of Chui province.
Technical assistance to the State Registration Service for improvement of services
08.05.2012
Bishkek - Today the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) handed technical assistance to the State Registration Service's Civil Status Registration and Passports offices (ZAGs).
Statelessness Roundtable brought issues of stateless people closer for representatives of NGO and media
16.12.2011
Almaty- On 15 December 2011, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) conducted a Regional Roundtable on "Joint Actions to Address Statelessness in Central Asia".
UNHCR urges the Kyrgyz Republic to accede to UN Conventions aimed at prevention and reduction of statelessness
23.11.2011
Bishkek, 22 November 2011 - The UN Refugee Agency strongly recommends Kyrgyzstan to accede to the 1961 Convention as well as the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons as accession would underscore the country's commitment to human rights and improve its social and economic development.
