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FTER 4AJIKISTAN OBTAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE IT WENT THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY OUR FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN OVERCOMING OUR PROBLEMS WAS VERY IMPORTANT INDEED !MONG THOSE WHO MADE A VAST CONTRIBUTION TO THE ATTAINMENT OF PEACE AND NATIONAL HARMONY FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF CONFLICT IN 4AJIKISTAN WAS *ÉN +UBIÝ (E FIRST VISITED THE COUNTRY AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS INSTABILITY WHEN HE WAS $IRECTOR OF THE /3#% S #ONFLICT 0REVENTION #ENTRE ,ATER AS THE 5NITED .ATIONS 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL S 3PECIAL 2EPRESENTATIVE FOR 4AJIKISTAN HIS TIRELESS WORK GAVE HIM GREAT AUTHORITY NOT ONLY IN THE COUN TRY BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (IS APPOINTMENT AS 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL OF THE /3#% IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMPLE TION OF HIS 4AJIK MISSION CAME AS NO SURPRISE )N THIS SENIOR POST TOO !MBASSADOR +UBIÝ HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL TO ENHANCE CO OPERATION AMONG THE PARTICIPATING 3TATES AND WITH THE 5NITED .ATIONS ) OFTEN RECALL WITH GREAT PLEASURE OUR NUMEROUS MEETINGS DUR ING WHICH QUESTIONS RELATED TO STRENGTHENING THE AUTHORITY AND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE /3#% WERE DISCUSSED ) WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO *ÉN +UBIÝ FOR ALL THAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND TO WISH HIM EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE CAREER %MOMALI 2AKHMONOV 0RESIDENT 2EPUBLIC OF 4AJIKISTAN
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.ATIONS HAVE GROWN EVER STRONGER IN LARGE PART THANKS TO *ÉN S LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND HIS IN DEPTH UNDERSTAND ING OF THE DYNAMICS OF BOTH OUR ORGANIZATIONS /UR WORKING RELATIONSHIP DATES BACK TO WHEN *ÉN SERVED AS MY 3PECIAL 2EPRESENTATIVE FOR 4AJIKISTAN A CRUCIAL TIME IN THE IMPLE MENTATION OF THE 'ENERAL 0EACE !GREEMENT IN THAT COUN TRY (E WAS UNDAUNTED BY THE MANY POLITICAL AND SECURITY CHALLENGES THAT CHARACTERIZED THAT PERIOD
AND hFAILED 3TATESv THAT CAUSE INSTABILITY IN THEIR OWN REGION AND BEYOND 4O MEET THESE CHALLENGES WE MUST APPLY POLITICAL MILI TARY AND ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS IN A WELL CO ORDINATED WAY !ND THAT PUTS A PREMIUM ON EFFECTIVE CO OPERATION BETWEEN OUR ORGANIZATIONS 4HE "ALKANS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE PREVENTED CIVIL STRIFE IN SOUTHERN 3ERBIA IN AND BROUGHT TOGETH ER ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN /HRID IN TO WORK TOWARDS GREATER BORDER SECURITY IN THE REGION ) AM DETERMINED TO BUILD ON THIS EXPERIENCE AND TO EXPLORE FURTHER PRAGMATIC CO OPERATION IN OTHER FUNC TIONAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS BECAUSE ) FIRMLY BELIEVE ALONG WITH *ÉN +UBIÝ THAT A TRULY EFFEC TIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN .!4/ AND THE /3#% WILL BRING GREATER SECURITY FOR US ALL *AAP DE (OOP 3CHEFFER 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL OF .!4/ &ORMER -INISTER FOR &OREIGN !FFAIRS OF THE .ETHERLANDS
3INCE HE TOOK OFFICE AS /3#% 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL CO OPERATION BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN VARIOUS REGIONS HAS EVOLVED PRODUCTIVELY INCLUDING IN THE 3OUTH #AUCASUS THE "ALKANS AND #ENTRAL !SIA AND HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED BY *ÉN S FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE REGIONS (E LEAVES A VALUABLE LEGACY WITH BOTH OUR INSTITUTIONS AND ) WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN THE YEARS AHEAD +OFI ! !NNAN 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL 5NITED .ATIONS
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N BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE AND THE 'OVERNMENT OF THE )SLAMIC 2EPUBLIC OF !FGHANISTAN ) WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS OF !MBASSADOR *ÉN +UBIÝ DURING HIS TWO TERMS AS 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL OF THE /3#% 3INCE !FGHANISTAN BECAME AN /3#% 0ARTNER FOR #O OPERATION IN !PRIL OUR COLLABORATION HAS GROWN STEADILY !MBASSADOR +UBIÝ CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EXPAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE /3#% AND MY COUNTRY CULMINATED IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN /3#% %LECTION 3UPPORT 4EAM IN !FGHANISTAN DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PROCESS IN /CTOBER 4HE 3UPPORT 4EAM SUCCESSFULLY MET ITS GOALS FOR WHICH WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL 4HROUGH HIS DYNAMIC LEADER SHIP PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERI ENCE !MBASSADOR +UBIÝ WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE /3#% 3ECRETARIAT IN ACCOMPLISHING ITS MANY TASKS 7E WISH HIS SUCCESSOR WELL AND HOPE HE FOLLOWS THE SAME PATH OF STRENGTHENING THE BONDS BETWEEN THE /RGANIZATION AND ITS 0ARTNERS ) WISH *ÉN +UBIÝ GOOD HEALTH AND EVERY SUCCESS !BDULLAH !BDULLAH -INISTER FOR &OREIGN !FFAIRS )SLAMIC 2EPUBLIC OF !FGHANISTAN
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N +YRGYZSTAN THE LONG SIMMERING FRUSTRATIONS AND GRIEVANCES OF THE POPULATION REACHED THE BOILING POINT AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN &EBRUARY AND -ARCH &OLLOWING A SERIES OF SCATTERED POST ELECTION PROTESTS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION WHICH WERE INITIATED BY CANDIDATES WHO WERE ACCUSING THE AUTHORITIES OF UNFAIR ELECTORAL PRACTICES THE /3#% LOST NO TIME IN TRYING TO HELP CONTAIN THE CRISIS !S THE GATHERINGS ATTRACTED LARGER CROWDS AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF LETTING UP THE MOST URGENT TASK WAS TO ENSURE THAT ANY ATTEMPT BY AUTHORITIES TO CONTROL THEM WOULD NOT ENTAIL THE USE OF ARMS ! REPEAT OF THE FATAL SHOOTINGS AT THE MASS RALLIES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF !KSY IN WAS TO BE AVOIDED AT ANY COST !T THE SAME TIME THE /3#% CHANNELLED ITS EFFORTS INTO ENCOURAGING A POLITICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN 0RESIDENT !SKAR !KAEV AND HIS OPPO NENTS !S SOON AS 'OVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION LEADERS HAD AGREED TO THE /3#% S ASSUMING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR ) FLEW TO "ISHKEK ON -ARCH IN MY CAPACITY AS 0ERSONAL 2EPRESENTATIVE OF THE /3#% #HAIRMAN IN /FFICE TO HELP EASE THE COUNTRY S POLITICAL TENSIONS )T WAS TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY VISITS IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS ) WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING WITH THEN &OREIGN -INISTER !SKAR !ITMATOV WHEN WE WERE SUDDENLY INTERRUPTED BY NEWS THAT "ISHKEK S h7HITE (OUSEv THE SEAT OF GOVERN MENT HAD BEEN STORMED BY DEMONSTRATORS ,ATER WE LEARNED THAT THE 0RESIDENT HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY
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"ISHKEK -ARCH ! PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION UNEXPECTEDLY LED TO A STORMING OF +YRGYZSTAN S GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS
4HIS UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY MISSION PROFOUNDLY SINCE ONE OF THE NEGOTIATING PARTIES HAD DISAP PEARED &URTHERMORE THE SECURITY SITUATION HAD SPUN OUT OF CONTROL 7ITH POLICE AND SECURITY FORCES BACKING OFF PUBLIC ORDER BROKE DOWN AND WIDESPREAD LOOTING OF BUSI NESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CAPITAL TOOK PLACE UNHAMPERED DURING THE NIGHT OF -ARCH AND MOST OF THE NEXT DAY )T WAS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION TO SAY THE LEAST !T THAT MOMENT THE COUNTRY HAD DE FACTO TWO PRESIDENTS TWO PARLIAMENTS AND DIVERSE GROUPS OF DEMONSTRATORS 1 / , Ê * / " ,
)N THE NEXT FEW DAYS SECURITY IN "ISHKEK IMPROVED VISIBLY AS A RESULT OF THE RE ESTAB LISHMENT OF NEW SECURITY FORCES UNDER THE CO ORDINATION OF FORMER SENIOR OFFICIAL &ELIX +ULOV WHO HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM FOUR YEARS IMPRISONMENT UNDER THE FALLEN GOV ERNMENT !T THAT POINT THE /3#% WELCOMED THESE MOVES TOWARDS STABILITY !FTER THE COUNTRY S ONE DAY POLITICAL AND SECURITY VACUUM THE /3#% QUICKLY INITI ATED A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT SERVING AT THE SAME TIME AS A NEUTRAL PLATFORM FOR DIALOGUE WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP 7ITH THE /3#% PROVIDING A FOCAL POINT FOR CO ORDINATED ACTION REGULAR MEETINGS WERE SET INTO MOTION BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF EMBASSIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND .'/S !S A MATTER OF URGENCY THE /3#% APPEALED FOR LAW AND ORDER TO BE IMMEDI ATELY RESTORED )N ALL MY DISCUSSIONS POLITI CIANS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS ALIKE SAID THAT THE /3#% S POLICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME INCLUD ING THE COMMUNITY POLICING COMPONENT WAS NEEDED MORE THAN EVER AND THAT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE POLICE SERVICE ESPECIALLY IN THE 3OUTH 4HE !CTING 0RESIDENT +URMANBEK "AKIEV AND ) AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A JOINT +YRGYZ
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/3#% WORK PLAN AIMED AT BRINGING ABOUT STABILITY AND SECURITY IN THE COUNTRY 5RGENT AS WELL AS LONG TERM TASKS WOULD BE DRAWN UP WITH CORRESPONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING AND PERSONNEL 4HIS WAS DONE IN CO OPERATION WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION AND THE 5NITED .ATIONS AND WITH BILATERAL EMBASSIES IN "ISHKEK WHICH RECOGNIZED THE /3#% S LEADING ROLE IN THIS PROCESS #HAIRMAN IN /FFICE $IMITRIJ 2UPEL AND THE 0ERMANENT #OUNCIL IN 6IENNA PROVIDED ME AND THE /3#% #ENTRE IN "ISHKEK WITH POLITI CAL ADVICE 4HE 3ECRETARIAT S PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS WILL CON TINUE TO BE INDISPENSABLE 4HE VISITS OF THE #HAIRMAN IN /FFICE AND 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL *ÉN +UBIÝ TO +YRGYZSTAN GAVE FURTHER IMPE TUS TO OUR EFFORTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS AND DREW WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE WHICH IS VITAL TO SECURING BROAD SUPPORT FOR OUR GOALS 7HAT IS NEXT FOR +YRGYZSTAN 7ITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF *ULY FAST APPROACHING THE EYES OF THE WORLD WILL BE ON THIS IMPORTANT #ENTRAL !SIAN REPUBLIC AS IT GOES THROUGH ITS FIRST SIGNIFICANT DEMO CRATIC TEST AFTER THE -ARCH UPHEAVAL AND A PERIOD OF FRAGILE STABILITY 7ILL IT PROVE THAT IT IS READY TO BE PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC FAMILY OF NATIONS BY CONDUCTING A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTION FREE OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION
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)N ADDITION TO THE ELECTION ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE /FFICE FOR $EMOCRATIC )NSTITUTIONS AND (UMAN 2IGHTS /$)(2 ) BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SCOPE FOR THE /3#% TO PLAY A PRODUCTIVE ROLE IN FACILITATING DIALOGUE AMONG THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THUS HELPING THEM TO STEER CLEAR OF POLAR IZING THE ELECTORATE DURING THE VOTING SEASON AND BEYOND /N A VISIT TO "ISHKEK IN EARLY *UNE ) CALLED ON +YRGYZSTAN S PRESIDENTIAL CANDI DATES TO AGREE ON A POLITICALLY BINDING CODE OF CONDUCT A h#HARTER OF !CCORDv ON FAIRNESS IN CAMPAIGNING 4HOUGH NOT LEGALLY BINDING THE CODE WOULD APPEAL TO THE SENSE OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTRY S FUTURE LEADERS AND WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS 2EGRETTABLY THIS GOAL WAS ONLY PARTIALLY REACHED AS A FEW OF THE CANDI DATES REFUSED TO SIGN THE !CCORD 0EOPLE S EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH 7HILE MANY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CAMPAIGN SEA SON IS NOT THE IDEAL TIME FOR THEIR POLITICIANS TO LAUNCH BADLY NEEDED REFORMS THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY KEEN TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR LIVES ONCE CREDIBLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE IN PLACE
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)T IS LIKELY HOWEVER THAT +YRGYZSTAN S TRANSITION PHASE WILL PROVE TO BE ANOTHER TRYING TIME FOR THE WHOLE COUN TRY ,ARGE PARTS OF THE POPULATION HAVE ALREADY FACED UP TO THE FACT THAT REPLACING THE FORMER REGIME GRANTING THE MEDIA GREATER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND MAKING ROOM FOR A MORE VIBRANT CIVIL SOCIETY WILL NOT NECESSARILY RID THE COUNTRY OF ITS DEEP ROOTED ILLS AS QUICKLY AS THEY WOULD LIKE 4HIS IS WHY CONCRETE AND URGENT ASSISTANCE FROM THE /3#% COMMUNITY RANGING FROM ANTI CORRUPTION INITIA TIVES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IS EQUALLY CRUCIAL BEFORE DURING AND AFTER THE ELECTIONS $EVELOPMENTS IN +YRGYZSTAN AND MOST RECENTLY IN 5ZBEKISTAN HAVE SHOWN THAT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE /3#% S LONG TERM PLANNING DEPENDS ON ITS COMPREHEN SIVE DIAGNOSIS OF A COUNTRY S PARTICULAR SITUATION AND THAT THERE ARE NO TAILOR MADE SOLUTIONS ) BELIEVE THAT IT IS TIME FOR A STRATEGIC RECONSIDERATION AS FAR AS THE FUTURE OF #ENTRAL !SIA IS CONCERNED 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE DIRE ECONOMIC PLIGHT IN MANY COUN TRIES IN THE REGION IS A MAJOR DESTABILIZING FACTOR AND THAT GREATER EMPHASIS NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON THIS AREA WHICH DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN WE SHOULD BE ANY LESS VIGILANT ABOUT THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF THE /3#% S INVOLVEMENT ,ET US NOW SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN OPENED UP TO HELP +YRGYZSTAN FINALLY DIRECT ITS ENERGIES TOWARDS ITS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION BASED
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-ARCH SECOND ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELEC TIONS %LECTIONS ARE RE RUN IN THE OUT OF SINGLE MANDATE CONSTITUENCIES WHERE THE FIRST BAL LOT PRODUCED NO OUTRIGHT WINNER "ASED ON REPORTS OF SHORT TERM OBSERVERS FROM COUNTRIES THE ELECTIONS SHOW SOME TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS BUT hSOME AREAS OF CONCERN REMAINED UNCHANGEDv
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,ATE -AY PREPARATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON *ULY 4HE /$)(2 LAUNCHES AN %LECTION /BSERVATION -ISSION WITH ELECTION EXPERTS BASED IN "ISHEK AND LONG TERM OBSERVERS DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 4HEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE JOINED BY ABOUT SHORT TERM OBSERVERS WORKING IN TWO PERSON TEAMS ALL ACROSS +YRGYZSTAN TO MONITOR THE OPENING OF POLLING STATIONS THE VOTING THE BALLOT COUNTING AND THE TABULATION OF RESULTS
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E HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH +YRGYZ OFFICIALS REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL FORCES AND CIVIL SOCI ETY AND MEMBERS OF THE INTERNA TIONAL COMMUNITY IN "ISHKEK 4OGETHER WITH !MBASSADOR -ARKUS -àLLER (EAD OF THE /3#% #ENTRE IN "ISHKEK WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST WAY FORWARD WAS TO SET UP A CONCRETE WORK PLAN IN CO OPERATION WITH OUR +YRGYZ PARTNERS 4HE WORK PLAN WOULD CONTAIN THE MOST ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH TWO GOALS FIRSTLY TO AVOID A DETERIORATION IN THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY AND SECONDLY TO STABILIZE THE COMPLEX SCENARIO THAT WAS EMERGING PENDING A DECISION ON THE DATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 4HREE FACTORS SET THE STAGE FOR BETTER CON DITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK PLAN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ELECTION DATE WHICH WE HAD ADVOCATED IN OUR CONSULTA TIONS AND IN A PRESS STATEMENT 0RESIDENT !SKAR !KAEV S RESIGNATION AND THE CONCRETE STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN TOWARDS THE REHABILITA TION OF FORMER 6ICE 0RESIDENT &ELIX +ULOV 4HE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE VERSION OF THE WORK PLAN WAS ALREADY COMPLETED WHEN ) RETURNED TO 6IENNA ON !PRIL 4HE FOLLOW ING DAY IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARTICIPATING 3TATES /N -AY FOLLOWING FURTHER CONSUL
TATIONS IN "ISHKEK THE +YRGYZ 'OVERNMENT GAVE ITS MUCH AWAITED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN 4HE WORK PLAN IDENTIFIES MAJOR PRIOR ITY AREAS IN THE SHORT AND LONG TERM AND INCLUDES A LIST OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS 4HE /3#% #ENTRE IN "ISHKEK AND ITS &IELD /FFICE IN /SH WILL PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE ON THE GROUND 7E IN THE #ONFLICT 0REVENTION #ENTRE ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THEM WHILE KEEPING ALL DELEGATIONS IN 6IENNA INFORMED ON BEHALF OF THE #HAIRMANSHIP &OR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE IT IS CRUCIAL THAT +YRGYZSTAN PREPARE ITSELF WELL FOR THE HIS TORIC ELECTION ON *ULY AND THAT THE /FFICE FOR $EMOCRATIC )NSTITUTIONS AND (UMAN 2IGHTS /$)(2 AS WELL AS THE #ENTRE IN "ISHKEK ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROCESS 4HE /$)(2 HAS RECEIVED AND HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO OBSERVE THE ELECTION AND A MAJOR %LECTION /BSERVATION -ISSION WAS DEPLOYED IN LATE -AY )T IS ALSO VITAL THAT LAW AND ORDER BE MAIN TAINED )N CONSULTATION WITH THE 3TRATEGIC 0OLICE -ATTERS 5NIT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED URGENT TASKS WITHIN THE WORK PLAN S INTERIM POLICE PROJECTS 4HESE INCLUDE SUPPORTING THE +YRGYZ POLICE WITH ADVISERS AND TRAINERS AND WITH ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT ) AM ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT THE /3#% PARTICIPATING 3TATES ARE SUPPORTING OUR PREVENTIVE APPROACH AT THIS TIME )T WILL OF COURSE BE AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOUR
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ECENT EVENTS IN "ISHKEK HAVE SHOWN THAT CHANGE HAS BEGUN IN THE #ENTRAL !SIAN REGION AND THAT THIS PHE NOMENON IS IRREVERSIBLE )T IS CLEAR THAT THE +YRGYZ 'OVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OR THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SOLVE THE MANY PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP IN THE COUNTRY 2EGULAR ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS AIMED AT SEEKING SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE INITIATED 4HESE SHOULD INVOLVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE MEDIA WITH THE /3#% ACTING AS AN INDEPENDENT ARBITER 2ESOLVING EVEN JUST ONE PROBLEM SUCCESSFULLY AND THEN PUBLICIZING THE FACT THROUGH THE MEDIA WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS DEMONSTRATING THAT ISSUES CAN BE DEALT WITH THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW
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POWER WATER AND GAS SUPPLIES &INDING THEMSELVES SURROUNDED BY REGIONAL FORCES STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO GUARD THEIR SCHOOLS DAY AND NIGHT 4O DEFUSE THE POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE CLI MATE MEMBERS OF THE /3#% -ISSION WITH SOME HELP FROM THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE 3ECRETARIAT TOOK TURNS MONITORING THE SCHOOLS IN "ENDER AND 2YBNITSA FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET SEVEN DAYS A WEEK 5NDER THE WATCHFUL EYES AND INTERFERENCE OF 4RANSDNIESTRIAN SECURITY FORCES THEY DELIV ERED FOOD AND DRINKING WATER TO THE BESIEGED CHILDREN IN THE ORPHANAGE WHO MANAGED TO HOLD OUT FOR MORE THAN A MONTH DESPITE UNBEARABLY UNHYGIENIC CONDITIONS -EANWHILE THE -ISSION CONTINUED TO PUR SUE TALKS WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON THE TERMS FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MILITIA AND THE RE OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS TO NO AVAIL AS THE AUTHORITIES ADAMANTLY REFUSED TO ENTER INTO ANY NEGOTIATIONS /N *ULY 4RANSDNIESTRIAN MILITIA ALSO STORMED THE SCHOOL IN 2YBNITSA !S TENSION MOUNTED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY STOOD FAST AND FIRM IN ITS POSITION THAT 4RANSDNIESTRIAN AUTHORITIES SHOULD AGREE TO SOME KIND OF COMPRO MISE #ONDEMNING THE REGION S UNILATERAL ACTIONS PARTICIPATING 3TATES PAID UNSWERV ING ATTENTION TO THE CRISIS $ELEGATIONS CALLED ON THE 2USSIAN &EDERATION AND 5KRAINE TO BRING THEIR INFLUENCE TO BEAR ON THE 4RANSDNIESTRIAN LEADERSHIP 3ENIOR STAFF OF THE /3#% -ISSION AND SPE CIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE /3#% #HAIRMAN IN /FFICE THE 2USSIAN &EDERATION AND 5KRAINE ENGAGED IN INTENSIVE SHUTTLE DIPLO MACY BETWEEN THE -OLDOVAN 'OVERNMENT AND SEPARATIST AUTHORITIES PRESSING FOR A SOLUTION TO THE STALEMATE &INALLY IN LATE !UGUST INTERNATIONAL PRES SURE AND THE PROSPECT OF LOCAL UPHEAVALS STARTED MAKING AN IMPACT ON 4RANSDNIESTRIAN
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