TO MEET FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

The Ban Ki-moon Institute for Sustainable Development co-hosted a meeting with Ms. Ashita Mittal, Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The regional office for Central Asia covers Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as three countries of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Following the meeting, discussions included issues of how to develop multilateral cooperation between UNODC in Central Asia and KazNU, including the development of joint scientific research, educational programs, based on the potential of KazNU as the leading university in Central Asia. It is important to take into account the experience and mandates of the UN and UNAI principles for the 2030 Agenda to achieve SDGs.