Kazakhstan’s peacekeeping mission to Lebanon is another contribution to peace
On Oct. 31, a Kazakh peacekeeping company of 120 people arrived to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for deployment as part of the forces of the joint Kazakh-Indian battalion called IndKazBat. This battalion is deployed in the Eastern sector of the area falling under responsibility of the East multinational land peacekeeping brigade, located…
Kazakhstan remembers Kofi Annan
The international community is bidding farewell to the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. Kofi Annan, a unique person in the history of the United Nations, has been and remains in many respects the first. He was the first representative from Africa to lead the UN. He was the first Secretary General, who…
Building Civil Service Excellence in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
This September, we usher in the post-2015 development agenda with a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon by UN member states, with civil society participation, based on national, regional and global consultations. These goals are transformative and their impact goes far beyond the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in vision, complexity, outreach and…