Press Releases

ALMATY, Kazakhstan-- On 6-7 March, Mirsolav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Petko Draganov, UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia…

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- The United Nations confirms its support for the efforts of Uzbekistan and other countries in Central Asia to achieve mutually acceptable solutions to regional challenges, including trans-boundary water…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan-- On 2 March, Mr. Petko Draganov, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), sent his congratulations…

NEW YORK For too long, discriminatory stereotypes have prevented women and girls from having equal access to education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). As a trained engineer and former teacher, I know that…

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – On 22-25 January, Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG), Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), visited Uzbekistan to meet…

NEW YORK [As delivered] Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, All protocol observed, In recent decades, globalization and technological progress have generated unprecedented economic…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - On 23 January, Deputy Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Philipp Saprykin met with the Acting Director of CARICC (Central Asian Regional Information and…

NEW YORK - I thank all of you for coming together to take on the challenge of anti-Muslim discrimination and hatred. Anti-Muslim hate crimes and other forms of bigotry are on the rise. The same applies to xenophobia, racism…

NEW YORK - “ Where the rules are silent women are not usually considered” – Jessie Street, Australia’s only female delegate to the United Nations Founding conference, 1945. The Group of Friends for Gender Parity, a coalition…

New York In his first message on his first day as United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, appeals to the world for one shared New Year Resolution - to "put peace first" in the year 2017. Full Text of the SG's…