Foreign Ministry and UN Country Office discuss population issues

NUR-SULTAN, February 14, 2020 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted an official ceremony celebrating the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) concerning the legal status of the UNFPA Country Office in the Republic of Kazakhstan.  

Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Ashikbayev represented the Kazakh side, while UNFPA Representative for Kazakhstan, Country Director for Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan Giulia Vallese represented the Fund.

Mr. Ashikbayev noted that the UNFPA program activities in Kazakhstan are consistent with the priorities of the Government, the UN Development Partnership Framework and the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. 

The Government of Kazakhstan considers it important to continue constructive engagement with the UNFPA country office in Nur-Sultan as part of a program of activities surrounding population development, national strategic programs as well as to achieve the third and fifth Sustainable Development Goals.

The main activities of UNFPA include providing assistance in improving reproductive health and solving issues related to reproductive rights of the population by paying particular attention to the rights of women, adolescents and youth migrants, the elderly, people with disabilities and other vulnerable categories of the population. Additionally, this includes responding to gender-based violence; improving demographic statistics and assisting with population censuses and basic national surveys.