Regional Asia Kazakhstan

The United States and the European Union worked together with the Ministry of Environmental Protection to establish an independent, nonprofit, and nonpolitical Regional Environmental Center (REC) in Almaty in 2001. The mission of the REC is to strengthen civil society and support sustainable development by promoting public awareness and participation in environmental decisionmaking among the countries of Central Asia. In 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Embassy, and Ministry of Environmental Protection signed a memorandum of understanding to provide the REC with funding for its grants program. ... [Read More]

Caucasus and Central Asia

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Eurasia – Educational Advising Centers – EducationUSA

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Central Asia: Community Action Investment Program

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently awarded five grants, totaling $22.2 million, as part of a regional conflict prevention strategy in Central Asia. These grants are part of USAID's Community Action Investment Program (CAIP), a program designed to build social stability and alleviate sources of potential conflict in the five Central Asia republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. CAIP will focus on communities where the potential for conflict is most acute, such as the Ferghana Valley. ... [Read More]

Regional Printing Center - East Asia Pacific, Manila

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Kazakhstan

There are no laws that specifically prohibit trafficking; however, there is an article of the criminal code that address trafficking in minors.   The criminal code provides punishment of up to 3 years in jail for illegal involvement in prostitution.  Prostitution is legal; however, prostitution connected with organized crime is punishable by up to 5 years in jail.   According to Article 135, the kidnaping of persons is punishable by a term of up to 7 years.  An organized group working for sexual or other exploitation can be punished with up to 15 years in prison and confiscation of property.  Within the Government, the National Commission for Women's and Family Issues (the National Commission) has taken the lead to address trafficking.  Law enforcement agencies and the KNB have investigated specific cases of trafficking.  In July a regional court convicted a man of trafficking young women and sentenced him to 4 years in prison.  Accordi ... [Read More]

U.S. Assistance to the Countries of Central Asia (Taken Question)

Uzbekistan            $161.8 million Central Asian regional (for programs active in more than one country): $13.9 million Question: What were the levels of U.S. assistance for the countries of Central Asia for FY 2001? [Read More]

Central Asia: Developments and the Administration's Policy

Not surprisingly, the challenges of the transition process in Central Asia are far greater than in Eastern Europe and some of the European parts of the former Soviet Union, and 9/11 and Afghanistan sharpened our appreciation of the importance of not letting these states fail. Our big strategic interests in Central Asia — counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, energy, the integration of this isolated and long-dominated region into the world community, and the expansion of freedom and prosperity — are not temporary. For this reason, we in the Administration are committed — as I know Congress is — to long-term engagement in Central Asia in the face of many difficult challenges. We are grateful for your funding support and that of your Congressional colleagues for our initiatives in Central Asia. Our continuing assistance through the FREEDOM Support Act and other assistance accounts is essential to promoting U.S. interests in Central Asia. Indeed, our engagement ... [Read More]