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16 October 2012 - 4:55pmWhen Muratbek Koshoev, a Kyrgyz native, joined OCHA’s Regional Office for the Caucasus and Central Asia earlier this year, his country was experiencing an unusually harsh winter and a record number of natural disasters. Heavy snowfall was nearly three times the annual average, and... -
22 August 2012 - 12:06pmWeeks of festivities took place in the Caucasus and Central Asia to commemorate World Humanitarian Day (19 August). For the first time, people in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan joined in the global celebration of people helping people. In Azerbaijan, the United Nations Department of Public Information organized... -
5 July 2012 - 12:03pmAfter five years of working in Central Asia, OCHA expanded its presence in the region earlier this year to include countries in the Caucasus. Called the OCHA Regional Office for the Caucasus and Central Asia (ROCCA), the office now handles emergencies and crises in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. ...
