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President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Parliamentary Appeal for Nuclear Abolition
Parliamentarians, mayors, disarmament experts, and civil society representatives meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan at the international conference “From a Nuclear Test Ban to a Nuclear Weapons Free World” held on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests 29 August 2012, make the following appeal to parliaments and governments around the world:read more...
Moody's assigns Baa3 issuer rating to Astana City; outlook stable
First-time rating
Global Credit Research - 29 May 2012
Moody's Investors Service has today assigned first-time global-scale foreign and localcurrency issuer ratings of Baa3 to the City of Astana, Kazakhstan Republic's capital. The rating outlook is stable.
Address by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Address By The President Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan, Leader Of The Nation, N.A.Nazarbayev (Strategy Kazakhstan 2050) New Political Course of The Established State.
Parliamentary Appeal for Nuclear Abolition
Ядролық сынақтарға қарсы іс-әрекеттердің халықаралық күні 2012 жылғы 29 тамызда Астанада өткен «Ядролық сынақтарға тыйым салудан – ядролық қарусыз әлемге» атты халықаралық конференцияға жиналған парламентарийлер, мэрлер, қарусыздандыру жөніндегі сарапшылар, сондай-ақ азаматтық қоғам өкілдері дүниежүзі елдерінің парламенттері мен үкіметтеріне үндеу жолдайды:read more...
APPEAL BY THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE IV CONGRESS OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS Astana, May 30-31, 2012
We, the participants of the IV Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, are united in our recognition of the divine design for human beings and their dignity and inalienable rights. We express our aspiration and commitment to peace and harmony as the only valid choice of humanity for the sake of its bright future.read more...
Kazakhstan: surprises and stereotypes after 20 years of independence
Jonathan Aitken addresses the remarkable transition of Kazakhstan in his recent book, charting the country’s political, social and environmental changes over the last few decades. As a source of information and background reading about a far away country of which we know very little, but need to learn a lot more, Andrew Massey recommends this accessible and well-researched book.read more
Parliamentary Appeal for Nuclear Abolition
Парламентарии, мэры, эксперты по разоружению, а также представители гражданского общества - участники международной конференции «От запрета ядерных испытаний к миру, свободному от ядерного оружия», состоявшейся в Международный день действий против ядерных испытаний 29 августа 2012 года в Астане, обращаются к парламентам и правительствам стран всего мира:read more...
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By Jay Solomon Washington—Kazakhstan believes the international community's first nuclear fuel bank can be up and running on Kazakh soil by late next year, potentially supporting the Obama administration's broader efforts to combat the spread of nuclear weapons. Kazakhstan is the world's largest producer of uranium ore and has been in consultations with the U.S., European Union and United Nations to host a facility initially capable of storing 60 tons of low-enriched uranium for export. U.S. and European officials hope the Kazakh facility will convince developing countries to purchase their fuel for nuclear-power reactors from the global market, rather than seeking to produce it domestically. The enrichment of uranium and the reprocessing of spent plutonium fuel both are technologies that can be utilized either to power civilian reactors or to produce weapons-grade nuclear materials. Iran's commitment to enriching uranium domestically lies at the heart of Tehran's growing dispute with the West. Iran maintains that the enrichment is for peaceful purposes, but U.S. officials and their allies charge Tehran with seeking a nuclear-weapons capability. In an interview, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov said his government hopes consultations with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, on the future fuel bank's location can be completed by this spring. He added the government then hopes to bring the facility on line by late 2013. "We think it's an important initiative because it further strengthens nuclear nonproliferation" internationally, Mr. Kazykhanov said. "Any country that needs low-enriched uranium to fuel...their power plants can get access to this bank." The Kazakh foreign minister noted that the enrichment of uranium will take place in Russia before being shipped to Kazakhstan for storage. The facility will be under IAEA safeguards and only countries that are compliant with the agency's guidelines will be able to purchase the nuclear fuel. The IAEA and donors have already pledged $150 million for the project. An official at the Vienna-based agency said consultations with Kazakhstan were progressing but the target date for the fuel bank's inauguration wasn't yet "set in stone." |
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By Jay Solomon Washington—Kazakhstan believes the international community's first nuclear fuel bank can be up and running on Kazakh soil by late next year, potentially supporting the Obama administration's broader efforts to combat the spread of nuclear weapons. |
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