UNODC ROCA News http://www.dbroca.uz/ Latest Drug and Crime related News from UNODC ROCA ru-ru Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:49:14 +0500 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:49:14 +0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Manual PHP Script odil.kurbanov@unodc.org umid@umid.infoUzbek police seize 40 kg of Afghan opiumhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11680Country: Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, 28.07.2010: A courier transporting 40 kg of opium has been detained in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Uzbek State Customs Committee (SCC) told the Interfax news agency today.]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11680 Incomplete border delimitation with Uzbekistan leads to problems - Kyrgyz envoyhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11679Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
The incompleteness of the Kyrgyz border`s delimitation with Uzbekistan will lead to socioeconomic problems in the region, the Kyrgyz charge d`affaires in Russia, Ulugbek Chinaliyev, said today.]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11679 Kyrgyz security chief says new attempts to destabilise south possiblehttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11678Country: Kyrgyzstan
The situation in southern Kyrgyzstan is unstable, but the authorities are ready to deal with new outbreaks of disorder, the chairman of the State National Security Service of Kyrgyzstan]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11678 Uzbek president, US official discuss bilateral ties, Afghanistanhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11677Countries: Afghanistan, United States, Uzbekistan
Today Uzbek President Islom Karimov met US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg at the Oqsaroy [presidential] residence.]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11677 Kyrgyz, Uzbek border officials discuss cooperationhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11670Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
As part of agreements reached on 23 July 2010, the heads of Uzbekistan`s and Kyrgyzstan`s border services have held a working meeting in the town of Xonobod in Uzbekistan`s [eastern] Andijon Region.]]>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11670 Uzbek rail delay hinders Tajik foreign trade - officialhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11669Countries: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Artificial restrictions on the part of Tajikistan`s neighbours have hindered the country`s normal foreign trade.]]>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11669 NATO convoys said destroyed on supply route from Central Asia to Afghan northhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11624Countries: Afghanistan, Central Asia
According to some reports, the Taleban have claimed attacking NATO supply convoys in two areas in Baghlan Province, inflicting financial and human losses.]]>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11624 EU-funded Central Asian anti-drug programme enters new phasehttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11623Countries: Central Asia, European Union
A new phase of the EU-funded CADAP [Central Asian Drug Action Programme] programme to prevent the spread of narcotics in Central Asia has kicked off in Tashkent.]]>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11623 C Asian guerrilla leader alive; hidden by Pakistani intelligence - Afghan paperhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11614Countries: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan
A political analyst says that Tohir Yoldash, Al-Qa`idah commander in Central Asia is alive and the ISI [Pakistani military intelligence] has hidden him.]]>Tue, 6 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11614 Customs Union integration faster that EU`s - Russian presidenthttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11613Countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia
The news that came from Astana today has already been described as the most important event in the entire history of Eurasec [Eurasian Economic Community, also EAEC]: Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a statement on the coming into force of the Customs Code, which in effect means the ratification of the Customs Union.]]>Tue, 6 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11613 IMF mission upbeat on Uzbekistan`s economic achievements - paperhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11611Country: Uzbekistan
A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which visited Tashkent on 14-19 June 2010, has praised achievements scored in the Uzbek economy, the Uzbek daily Narodnoe Slovo reported on 1 July.]]>Mon, 5 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11611 Uzbek meeting discusses measures against human traffickinghttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11610Country: Uzbekistan
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General`s Office has hosted a regular meeting of the national inter-agency commission on fighting human trafficking.]]>Mon, 5 Jul 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11610 Turkmenistan opens new customs checkpoint on Uzbek borderhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11582Countries: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
A modern, marble-covered customs checkpoint has opened in Koneurgenc of Dasoguz Region [northern Turkmenistan], on the Turkmen-Uzbek border.]]>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11582 Disarmament forum in Turkmen capital discusses Central Asian securityhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11581Country: Turkmenistan
An international forum on disarmament issues in the Central Asian and Caspian region initiated by Turkmenistan`s president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, was held in the Turkmen capital today.]]>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11581 IMF official says Tajik trains delay issue "strongly politicized"http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11580Country: Tajikistan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not expecting speedy resolution of the issue with the delay of Tajik freight wagons in Uzbekistan.]]>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11580 Uzbek president thanks Russian counterpart for aid sent to Kyrgyz refugeeshttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11576Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan
Under Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev`s instruction, 120 tonnes of humanitarian aid - foodstuffs, tents, blankets and crockery - has been sent to Uzbekistan for refugees from Kyrgyzstan in three special flights by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, a source at the Russian embassy in Tashkent has told a Regnum Novosti news agency correspondent.]]>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11576 Uzbek police seize nearly 90 kg of heroin in southhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11577Country: Uzbekistan
Surxondaryo province, Uzbekistan, 17.06.2010: Uzbek officers have seized nearly 90 kg of heroin in southern Surxondaryo Region, which borders Tajikistan, Uzbek TV`s flagship news programme "Axborot" reported on 24 June.]]>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11577 Iran supports nuclear disarmament in Central Asia Foreign ministerhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11575Countries: Central Asia, Iran
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said here on Thursday [24 June] that the Islamic Republic of Iran supports nuclear disarmament across the world, particularly in the Central Asia.]]>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11575 Drug runner fees in Russia rise sharply in recent years - customs officialhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11562Country: Russia
The payment for couriers to transport drugs has risen fivefold since 2007 to five dollars for one gram, Sergey Boyev, the deputy head of customs for law-enforcement activities at Moscow`s Domodedovo Airport, said at a news conference on Wednesday [23 June].]]>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11562 Over 52,000 refugees return from Uzbekistan - Kyrgyz defence ministerhttp://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11561Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Over 52 refugees have returned to Kyrgyzstan from Uzbekistan, acting Defence Minister Ismail Isakov, who is the special representative of the Kyrgyz interim government in the country`s south, has told a news conference in Osh [southern Kyrgyzstan].]]>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 +0500http://www.dbroca.uz/?act=news&code=1&nid=11561