(3) Special Technical Assistance Programme for Central Asian Republics

I therefore welcome the significant progress made towards a Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty by the five Central Asian States.

Resource rich but sparsely populated Siberia is bordered by resource deficient but teeming and rising China. If the Central Asian republics are cut off from the West, they are liable to turn to China in order to avoid becoming totally dependent on Russia.

The States parties also welcome the decision by all five Central Asian States to sign the Central Asian nuclear weapon free zone treaty.

4. Welcomes the decision by all five Central Asian States to sign the Central Asian nuclear weapon free zone treaty as soon as possible

The UNITAR training and capacity building programme in the legal aspects of debt and financial management continues to offer a broad menu of training and capacity building services intended for government officials, debt managers and central bankers from sub Saharan Africa, the Central Asian republics and Azerbaijan, as well as from selected countries in other regions.

Urge all States, particularly the nuclear weapon States, to fully cooperate with the five Central Asian States in implementing the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty

In this regard, Conference welcomes the decision of all five Central Asian States to sign the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty as soon as possible.

Thus, trafficking through Pakistan had declined from 37 per cent in 2004 to 20 per cent in 2005, and through the Central Asian republics, from 24 to 19 per cent, but it had jumped from 40 to 61 per cent through the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Urge all States, in particular the nuclear weapon States, to fully cooperate with the five Central Asian States in implementing the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty

Since 2003, key Asian central banks have established two Asian bond funds with capital of 3 billion in total.

We welcome the Tashkent statement of representatives of the five Central Asian States of February 2005, where they reaffirmed their strong commitments to establish a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia and urged all States, particularly the nuclear weapon States, to fully cooperate with the five Central Asian States in implementing the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty.

d Based on data for (developing) economies representing more than 95 per cent of the population of the region (including the Central Asian republics) GDP figures at market prices in United States dollars in 2000 (at 1995 prices) have been used as weights to calculate the regional and subregional growth rates.

The Eurasia Media Leaders' Summit on HIV AIDS brought together leaders from all Central Asian States except Turkmenistan and was followed by the Almaty Central Asian mass media roundtable in June 2005.

The greatest vulnerability is ascribed to sub Saharan and Central Asian drylands.

The core programme of the Asian Development Bank for Central Asian landlocked States continued to focus on energy, transport and trade facilitation.

Tashkent statement of representatives of Central Asian States on the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia

Tashkent statement of representatives of Central Asian States on the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia

In West Asia and Central Asia, IDU related HIV AIDS continues to spread in mainly Central Asian countries and Pakistan.

Given that situation, the demilitarization of the Central Asian region is of great importance.

At the regional level, offices had been opened in the Pacific and Central Asian regions.

He drew the attention to the Central Asian region, consisting of five landlocked developing countries.

In 2004, about 110,000 Iranian trucks transported goods bound for Central Asian countries and Afghanistan.

The ECE and ESCAP component of the project focused mainly on Euro Asian transport links, including through Central Asian, Caucasus and Eastern European landlocked developing countries.

Strengthening the statistical capacity of Central Asian countries to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals

An inventory of Central Asian NGOs active in drug abuse and HIV AIDS prevention was produced.

The procedure for changing the borders of Union Republics was stipulated in the Constitutions of the USSR and the Union Republics.

The agreement of Governments of Central Asian States, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation to start preparatory work for a Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Centre (CARICC) in 2005 has laid the foundation for improving law enforcement cooperation throughout the region and beyond.

November brought the 125th anniversary of the Tashkent and Central Asian eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 2001, the Tashkent and Central Asian eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated its 130th anniversary.

He mentioned of the proposal of Kazakhstan on the establishment of a Union of Central Asian States.

We have the honour to transmit herewith the text of the Tashkent statement of representatives of Central Asian States on the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia, adopted at the United Nations sponsored meeting on the Central Asian nuclear weapon free zone, held on 8 February 2005 in Tashkent (see annex).

Reiterate their earnest desire to sign the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty as soon as possible.

Reiterate their earnest desire to sign the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty as soon as possible.

An important initiative to improve operational cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Central Asia was launched by the Office to establish a Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre.

3. Calls upon all five Central Asian States to continue their dialogue with the five nuclear weapon States on the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia

Considering Afghanistan to be a part of the Central Asian region, we encourage its active participation in regional integration processes.

A key element to strengthening stability in the country is integrating Afghanistan into the Central Asian political and economic system.

Kyrgyzstan supports the participation in the work of the committee of such organizations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Euro Asian Economic Union and the Central Asian Cooperation Organization.

Ukraine welcomed the efforts made by the five Central Asian States to establish a nuclear weapon free zone in the region.

Viewing this country as an integral part of the Central Asian space, Uzbekistan actively advocates including it in regional integration processes.

The 2005 Review Conference also notes the concrete steps taken by the Central Asian States towards the implementation of their initiative.

India is likely soon to gain full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the club of Central Asian and Asian states formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union. India s Connect Central Asia policy, and its efforts to build a North South Transit Corridor, would benefit development in Central Asia, a region of major concern to China, because it abuts the restless Chinese province of Xinjiang.

Recalling the Almaty DeclarationA 52 112, annex. of the heads of the Central Asian States of 28 February 1997, proclaiming 1998 as the Year of Environmental Protection in the region of Central Asia,

The 2005 Review Conference welcomes the sincere aspiration of the Central Asian States to sign, as speedily as possible, the treaty on the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia.