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  Kazakstan Human Development Report - Chapter 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kazakstan, as a country undergoing radical economic transformation, is in the process of redefining its approach to employment with the aim of making it consistent with world practices, while still reflecting its own historical development.
Although Kazakstan has apparently the highest number of doctors and hospital beds per capita in the world (43 doctors and 131 hospital beds per 10,000), this has not, at the present time, contributed to the improvement of the health of its population.
The surface area of Kazakstan stretches for 2,925 kilometres from the Caspian Sea and the lower reaches of the Volga River in the West, to the Altai region in the East.
www.undp.org /rbec/nhdr/kazakstan/chapter2.htm   (18866 words)

  
 OnlineWomen: Kazakstan
The Republic of Kazakstan (until December 1991, the Kazakh SSR) is the second largest of the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia.
Kazakstan's industrial sector rests on the extraction and processing of these natural resources and also on a growing machine-building sector specializing in construction equipment, tractors, agricultural machinery, and some defense items.
Women in Kazakstan are well educated, with 13 per cent of them having higher education, in comparison with 12 per cent of men.
www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /kz/kzmain.htm   (1265 words)

  
 Kazakstan - Amnesty International
Kazakstan continued to return refugees forcibly to countries where they were at risk of serious human rights violations.
Gulgeldi Annannyyazov was granted refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Kazakstan and was flown to Norway for medical treatment at the end of September.
Mukhtar Ablyazov and Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, two former senior government officials and well-known leaders of the DCK movement, were sentenced to six and seven years’ imprisonment in July and August respectively, on charges of “abuse of office” and financial crimes, including misappropriation of state funds.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/Kaz-summary-eng   (813 words)

  
 Kazakstan --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is bounded on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, and on the south by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the Aral Sea; the Caspian Sea bounds Kazakstan to the southwest.
Kazakstan's 1,052,100 square miles (2,724,900 square kilometres) make it by far the largest state in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world.
A republic of Central Asia, Kazakstan borders Russia on the west and north, China on the east, Kyrgyzstan on the southeast, Uzbekistan and the Aral Sea on the south, and Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea on the southwest.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9108341   (479 words)

  
 Kazakstan: Death sentences of four men
Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases and without reservation, on the grounds that it is a violation of the right to life and the right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Amnesty International is appealing to authorities in Kazakstan to commute the death sentences passed on Oleg Gorozashvili, Mashitov, Bogatyrenko and Berik Darzhanov.
Satybek Ongarbeyev, the Deputy Procurator General of Kazakstan, reported at the January 1997 conference on the issue of the death penalty that Mashitov was sentenced to death by the West Kazakstan Regional Court on 13 August 1996.
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/kazakstan/document.do?id=3D80987D7275B418802569A5007176D6   (2018 words)

  
 Kazakstan
During the 1940s, Germans and Chechens, among others, were deported en masse to Kazakstan, and they now contribute to the out-migration by returning to their homelands.
The principal movement is by ethnic Russians, of whom nearly one million have left Kazakstan, resettling primarily in the Russian Federation.
Kazakstan has not yet developed a comprehensive set of laws or institutions to deal with migration-related issues.
www.osi.hu /fmp/html/kazakstan.html   (847 words)

  
 ::: LIMITED REFUGE IN KAZAKSTAN :::
On July 1, the deputy head of Kazakstan's immigration police, Baltabek Ablaev, reported that his officers were investigating two of the Uzbeks for possible offences committed in Andijan.
Kazakstan does have procedures for granting political asylum, but immigration laws do little to protect the rights of refugees.
Kazakstan is in no hurry to damage its already fragile relations with the Uzbek leadership.
www.muslimuzbekistan.com /eng/ennews/2005/07/ennews07072005a2.html   (988 words)

  
 Decree N2454 of the President of the Republic of Kazakstan September, 6, 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The original text of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakstan, adopted at the ninth session of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Kazakstan of the twelfth convocation on January, 28, 1993, shall be placed for eternal custody with the Central State Archives of the Republic of Kazakstan.
In case of premature release or discharge of the President of the Republic of Kazakstan from office as well as in case of his death the exercise of the duties of the President of the Republic shall be temporarily transmitted to the Chairperson of the Senate of the Parliament.
The Vice-President of the Republic of Kazakstan elected in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakstan functioning at the moment of enactment of this Constitution shall preserve his powers until the exp. ration of the term for which he was elected.
www.pangaeapartners.com /kazconst.htm   (11648 words)

  
 LHMI Fact Sheet: Kazakstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kazakstan is the largest country entirely in Central Asia, and it is located on the
The longest rivers of Kazakstan are the Ural, Ili, Syrdarya, Irtish, and Amudarya.
Kazakstan has adopted a policy of reviving the Kazak language, but there is a shortage of teachers, books, and language materials.
www.lhmint.org /facts/kazakstan   (697 words)

  
 Kazakstan
For the purposes of this article, Central Asia is taken to mean the ex-Soviet republics of Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.
Kazak, Kyrgyz and Uzbek visas are theoretically valid for three days in either of the other two countries but some guards and policemen feign ignorance of this and try to "fine" you.
Police hassle is an everyday occurrence in Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan, especially in bus and train stations.
uk.geocities.com /stuartincambodia/overland/Kazakstan.htm   (481 words)

  
 The women of Kazakstan: the source of cultural development - 66th IFLA Council and General Conference - Conference ...
Their role in culture and art can be defined as the transference from generation to generation of the memory of the tribe, nation, mankind on the whole.
Besides the demonstration of the evolution of printed production of Kazakstan at the "Book of Kazakstan meets the third millennium" exhibition and the round table on the significance of copyright as the basis of protection of intellectual property there were organized several charity actions.
There in Kazakstan it was namely the women on the basis of the NLRK who became initiators of the creation and development of the system of preservation of the libraries' documents, elaborating the Conception of the National programme for preservation and the draft project of actually the National programme.
www.ifla.org /IV/ifla66/papers/059-151e.htm   (1792 words)

  
 AI REPORT 1997: Kazakstan (the Republic of)
She was charged with defamation of the judge at Nikolai Gunkin's trial and, in relation to incidents which occurred in 1995, hooliganism and assault of procuracy officials.
Prisoners suffering from tuberculosis were allegedly not segregated from the rest of the prison population, and it was even alleged that, as a form of punishment for misbehaviour, officers would deliberately expose prisoners to the risk of infection by placing them in cells containing prisoners seriously ill with tuberculosis.
In February and March, an Amnesty International delegate visited Kazakstan and held talks with government and law enforcement officials and members of the judiciary.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar97/EUR57.htm   (847 words)

  
 Kazakstan - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In his annual address to the nation in April, President Nazarbayev urged the government to create the necessary conditions for introducing a moratorium on the death penalty and called for the introduction of life imprisonment.
In October President Nazarbayev was quoted by Kazak media as saying that Kazakstan was not ready for a moratorium on the death penalty.
He was released under a presidential amnesty in May; he had allegedly been beaten and ill-treated in detention to force him to abandon opposition political activities.
web.amnesty.org /report2004/kaz-summary-eng   (505 words)

  
 Kazakstan ???
Western geographers consider Kazakstan to be the northernmost of five Central Asian republics, but Soviet geographers, for historical reasons, do not include it in their concept of Central Asia.
The flat north-central regions are the beginning of the West Siberian plain; to the south of the plain are the hilly uplands of central Kazakstan.
It is situated in the extreme south-east of the Republic, near the border with Kyrgyzstan.
www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Towers/2981/kazakstan.html   (631 words)

  
 Kazakstan info part 2
Kazakstan, nearly all in the Russian and Uzbek republics.
Kazakstan; a Roman Catholic diocese was established in 1991.
In the mid-1990s, all minerals in Kazakstan belonged to the republic.
www.wfu.edu /~kourmb9/kaz/kazinfo02.htm   (6111 words)

  
 Troubled Times: Kazakstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kazakstan will become immensely important to the Russian people after the shift, as it is high country, and well connected to parts both north and south by culture, commerce, and tradition.
Kazakstan is not considered the home of the elite in Russia, but any elite not scrambling to the Urals will try to set up shop in Kazakstan.
Kazakstan today has both summer and winter, and is agricultural.
www.zetatalk.com /info/tinfx268.htm   (341 words)

  
 Kazakstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kazakstan, republic in Central Asia, bounded on the north by Russia; on the east by China; on the south by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan; and on the west by the Caspian Sea and Russia.
Almost all of Kazakstan is located in Asia, but a small portion is located in Europe.
The largest city in Kazakstan is Almaty (former capital).
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Network/9119/kazakstan/kazkstan.html   (207 words)

  
 På nätet: Kazakstan
Kazakstan har figurerat i nyheterna nyligen med anledning av presidentvalet där Nursultan Nazarbayev blev återvald.
Utöver resor till och från Kazakstan arrangerar resebyrån även resor inom landet, både för vanliga turister och affärsmän.
Men om vi ändå är på väg till Kazakstan fysiskt kan vi alltid vända oss till Alpha-K som består av 160 engelsktalande specialister på "fysisk säkerhet", de flesta före detta militärer och poliser.
www.dumell.net /text/hbl/hb990117.html   (546 words)

  
 Amnesty International Report 2002 - Europe - KAZAKSTAN
Death sentences continued to be passed and at least 30 people were reported to have been executed; no official statistics on the application of the death penalty were published.
No comprehensive official statistics on the application of the death penalty in Kazakstan had been published since 1998.
However, at least three death sentences were imposed and at least 30 people were reported to have been executed.
web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/eur/kazakstan!Open   (796 words)

  
 Country Profile - Kazakstan
Kazakstan also has one of the smallest amounts of accessible water resources among the FSU republics.
Kazakstan's population is approximately 17 million, 59% of whom live in urban areas.
In Kazakstan, the expanding Caspian Sea flooded a large stretch of farmland in the country and poses serious threats to the country ports, power, and oil industries.
www.un.org /esa/earthsummit/kazak-cp.htm   (6399 words)

  
 DCR Ratings - Press Releases - DCR Releases New Report on Republic of Kazakstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New York (September 16, 1997)--The Republic of Kazakstan’s solid political environment and strong growth support a stable outlook for the sovereign, according to a new Credit Analysis Report from Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR).
The country also has a comparably low and favorably structured debt burden, with total public sector debt estimated at 15 percent of GDP in 1997 and public sector external debt at a modest 45 percent of export receipts, according to the report.
However, Kazakstan still suffers from a deficient tax system, which will probably only collect about 11 percent of GDP in 1997, Sanz said.
www.bradynet.com /e240.html   (349 words)

  
 Legal Development of Kazakstan (LDK) and Almaty Legal Corporation
LDK was created in March, 1994 through the collaboration of a group of deputies from the "Progress" political party and private citizens concerned about weak rule of law in Kazakstan.
LDK is currently working on a project, entitled Center-Periphery, to establish a nonprofit legal information network in Kazakstan.
The group is involved in several other publishing projects, including a reference book on the voluntary sector in Kazakstan, a manual on legal issues for NGOs, and a manual on working with specific sectors of the population.
www.friends-partners.org /ccsi/nisorgs/kazak/ldk.htm   (242 words)

  
 Kazakstan - Religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Some Jews, Catholics, and Pentacostalists also live in Kazakstan; a Roman Catholic diocese was established in 1991.
As elsewhere in the newly independent Central Asian states, the subject of Islam's role in everyday life, and especially in politics, is a delicate one in Kazakstan.
As part of the Central Asian population and the Turkic world, Kazaks are conscious of the role Islam plays in their identity, and there is strong public pressure to increase the role that faith plays in society.
countrystudies.us /kazakstan/16.htm   (221 words)

  
 The Columbia Caspian Project: Women in Central Asia: The Politics of Change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Finally, I made a commitment to test the survey findings in a comprehensive manner, i.e., gender situation in oil&gas industry was considered in relation to the broader context of Kazakstanís reality and emerging trends in economics, politics, both national and international, and among the women in management themselves.
At the same time, there is an observed tendency toward changing patterns of labor division both at work and at home; the tendency, which favors women better involvement in management structures in the future.
It has became possible in the new socio-political situation of the post-communist Kazakstan, which caused significant shifts in social structuring and brought new professions to the labor market.
sipa.columbia.edu /RESOURCES/CASPIAN/wom_p43.html   (756 words)

  
 Kazakstan
Kazakstan International Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law
Society of Greeks of the Republic of Kazakstan
Street Law Kazakstan's email address, as of 28-Feb-02, is cpju@nursat.kz
www.civilsoc.org /nisorgs/kazak/kazak.htm   (189 words)

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