Current cooperation of Kazakhstan with the UN in Vienna

The farewell meetings of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to International Organizations in Vienna, Ambassador Kairat Sarybay were held at the Vienna UN Office in September 2020.

The issues on fight against drug trafficking, international crime and corruption, as well as the importance of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre (CARICC) were considered during the conversation with Ghada Waly, the Head of the UN Office of Vienna, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), during a thorough exchange of views on the Address of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev to the people of Kazakhstan "Kazakhstan in a new reality: time for action" highly appreciated the priorities of economic development, in particular, the process of digitalization of the industry and transition to a green economy and thanked the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for supporting the activities of the Organization.

During the dialogue Simonetta Di Pippo, the Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), expressed the interest in strengthening cooperation in key areas: within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UNHCR and Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the work of COPUOS subcommittees, as well as on promoting the issue on the opening of a regional support office "UN-SPIDER".

Also, the heads of UNODC, UNIDO and UNOOSA expressed their readiness to develop institutional relations with the CICA Secretariat.

The Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Lassina Zerbo noted the efforts of our country in nuclear disarmament and assigning the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev together with the former President of Finland Tarja Halonen the high level status of the «Champions of nuclear test free world for a nuclear weapons free world».