Articles by Kairat Umarov

Kazakhstan Marks 25th Anniversary of UNGA Resolution on Rehabilitation of Semei Region

In December 2022, Kazakhstan commemorates the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN General Assembly’s resolution on international cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semei Region, adopted on Dec. 16, 1997, at the 52nd UNGA session. This resolution serves as a legal basis for mobilizing international…

Kazakhstan-U.S. Strategic Partnership on the Rise

The United States was the first country to recognise our independence and establish diplomatic relations with Kazakhstan in December 1991. During the short period since then, bilateral cooperation has intensified in almost all areas and the relationship between the two countries has been firmly established at the level of strategic partnership. Political dialogue at the…

Put Kazakhstan on the UN Security Council

Upon gaining its independence in 1991, Kazakhstan became the world’s fourth largest nuclear power, only to voluntarily renounce its entire atomic arsenal shortly thereafter. We closed the world’s second largest nuclear test site, blended down three tons of highly enriched uranium for peaceful use and helped establish a “nuclear weapon free zone” across Central Asia…