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| Section The ICRC in Uzbekistan Regional delegation in Tashkent The ICRC has worked in Central Asia since 1992. It promotes the importance of international humanitarian law (IHL) and its incorporation into national legislation, as well as civilian educational programmes. The ICRC also fosters the permanent integration of IHL into the doctrine, manuals and training programmes of armed forces and approaches polices forces with a similar view to integrating human rights standards applicable to the use of force during social unrest. In Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, the ICRC visits detainees in an effort to ensure that their treatment and detention conditions meet international standards. Based on its findings, the ICRC makes necessary recommendations to the authorities. The ICRC is also helping the Kyrgyz authorities to bring tuberculosis among the prison population under control. The ICRC contributes to building the capacity of the region's National Societies, particularly through IHL dissemination, the re-establishment of family links, mine risk education and assistance to the victims of armed violence.
Presence (2008): 107 staff, including 21 expatriates  Feature8-7-2008 Kyrgyzstan: behind bars with tuberculosis In Kyrgyzstan tuberculosis remains a serious threat to public health, and prisons are a primary breeding ground for the disease. Andrea Isenegger of Médecins Sans Frontières reports on how that organization and the ICRC are supporting government efforts to control tuberculosis in prisons. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Kyrgyzstan) Feature Includes Photo 1-4-2008 A journalist in Kyrgyzstan's prisons: re-learning how to "hurry up and wait" Imogen Foulkes is the BBC correspondent in Geneva. She recently travelled to Kyrgyzstan to report on the ICRC's support for efforts to fight multi-drug-resistant TB in prisons. Before flying home she contributed this report to icrc.org. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Kyrgyzstan) Feature Includes Photo 20-3-2008 Kyrgyzstan: fighting drug-resistant TB in the prisonsPrisons in Kyrgyzstan have long been a breeding ground for tuberculosis, including drug-resistant strains that are extremely difficult to treat. The ICRC is helping the authorities to tackle this deadly infectious illness in prisons. Jan Powell reports from the Kyrgyzstan capital, Bishkek. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Kyrgyzstan) Feature Includes Photo 13-2-2006 Romania: re-establishing contact between Uzbek families Hundreds of families have been separated by the upsurge in violence in the Ferghana Valley last May. So far, the ICRC has facilitated the exchange of more than 460 Red Cross messages comforting the refugees forced to live far from their loved ones. Marcin Monko of the ICRC delegation in Budapest reports from Timisoara. (The ICRC worldwide\Western and Central Europe and the Balkans\Romania) Feature Includes Photo |
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