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  Encyclopedia: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but its semi-deserts (steppe) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16 per sq mi).
Kazakhstan is a constitutional republic with a strong presidency.
Kazakhstan is a bilingual country: the Kazakh language, spoken by 64.4% of the population, has the status of the "state" language, while Russian is declared the "official" language, and is used routinely in business.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kazakhstan   (9566 words)

  
 Speech by President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the UN Counterterrorism Committe Meeting in Almaty, January 26, 2005
Kazakhstan sets its hopes on the Organization in the belief that it will be able to ensure stability in the world and to establish a just world order, based on universally accepted norms of international law.
Kazakhstan shares the view that in order to prevent the threat of interstate and internal conflicts greater attention should be paid to the development of regional security and cooperation mechanisms.
Kazakhstan is looking forward to an active dialogue between all the participants in the specific areas of cooperation in the fight against international terrorism.
kazakhembus.com /Nazarbayev-counterterrorism.html   (1471 words)

  
 Kazakhstan2030
Kazakhstan, as a new state, emerged in the world in the epoch which saw the end of many a powerful empire: Ottoman one, Austrian-and-Hungarian one and, only recently, the Soviet Union.
Kazakhstan of 2030 must be a clean and green country with clear air and pure waters.
Kazakhstan welcomes the policy pursued by China for it is aimed against hegemony and favours friendship with neighbouring countries.
www.kazakhembus.com /Kazakhstan2030.html   (15099 words)

  
 JURIST - Kazakhstan: Kazakhstani Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
The Constitution permits the President to dominate the legislature and judiciary, as well as regional and local governments; changes or amendments to the Constitution are nearly impossible without the President's consent.
President Nazarbayev was elected to a new 7-year term in a 1999 election that fell far short of international standards.
According to the Constitution, the President proposes to the upper house of Parliament (the Senate) nominees for the Supreme Court.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/kazakhstan.htm   (961 words)

  
 Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, IPA /qɑzɑqˈstɑn/; Russian: Казахстан, Kazakhstán, IPA /kɐzəxˈstɐn/), also spelled Kazakstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia.
Kazakhstan has a bicameral Parliament, comprised of a lower house (the Mazhilis) and upper house (the Senate).
Kazakhstan possesses the Soviet equivalent to the United States' Cape Canaveral, where they have launched their version of the space shuttle and the well-known space station Mir.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Kazakhstan.htm   (3237 words)

  
 Kazakhstan Country Analysis Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kazakhstan sits near the northeast portion of the Caspian Sea and claims most of the Sea's biggest known oil fields.
Kazakhstan's largest coal producer, Bogatyr Access Komir, which accounts for roughly 35 percent of the country's coal output, is a subsidiary of Access Industries Incorporated (U.S.A.).
Kazakhstan has 71 power plants, including five hydroelectric power stations, giving the country an overall installed generating capacity of 17 gigawatts (GW), 80 percent of which are coal fired, and 12 percent of which are hydroelectric.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/kazak.html   (6624 words)

  
 Kazakhstan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected to a 7-year term in a 1999 election that fell far short of international standards.
President Nazarbayev was elected to a 7-year term in a 1999 election that was held nearly 2 years earlier than scheduled and fell far short of international standards.
The President and other members of the Government spoke in favor of women's rights, and the official state policy held that constitutional prohibitions on sex discrimination must be supported by effective government measures; however, women were underrepresented severely in senior positions in state enterprises and overrepresented in low-paying and some menial jobs.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27845.htm   (17818 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Chinese president arrives in Kazakhstan for state visit, SCO summit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the Kazakh capital of Astana Sunday for a state visit to the Central Asian nation and attending a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
On Tuesday, the Chinese leader is scheduled to attend a summit of the SCO which groups China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Kazakhstan is the second leg of Hu's three-nation tour, which has taken him to Russia and will take him to Scotland, Britain.
english.peopledaily.com.cn /200507/04/eng20050704_193846.html   (362 words)

  
 EBRD President visits Kazakhstan [EBRD - Press Release]
Jean Lemierre, President of the EBRD, will this week make his second trip to Central Asia in a month to visit Kazakhstan and underline the Bank's commitment to a region to which it has committed over €1.6 billion in the last 10 years.
Kazakhstan is the largest recipient of EBRD investments in Central Asia.
The EBRD business volume in Kazakhstan for 2001 is on target to reach more than €180 million by the end of the year - a 44 per cent increase on the 2000 total of €125 million.
www.ebrd.com /new/pressrel/2001/01dec141x.htm   (443 words)

  
 NCSJ - Bribery Inquiry Involves Kazakhstan President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have said that President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan accepted large bribes in connection with dispensing his country's oil concessions during the 1990's, and later tried to obstruct the federal inquiry into the payments, which came from American oil companies, according to legal documents.
The allegations were made by the Justice Department in a sealed motion and described recently in a letter of complaint from Kazakhstan's lawyers to the deputy attorney general.
Kazakhstan is a crucial part of the administration's strategy to reduce dependence on Persian Gulf oil and to stem Islamic militancy in Central Asia.
www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/121102NYTimes.shtml   (965 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936.
Kazakhstan, the largest of the former Soviet republics in territory, excluding Russia, possesses enormous fossil fuel reserves as well as plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals.
Kazakhstan'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.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/kz.html   (1289 words)

  
 The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom of Great Britan
The British Embassy in Kazakhstan was opened in October, 1992 and the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan was opened in February, 1996....
All the economic achievements of the first decade of Kazakhstan's independence were made possible owing to large scale political and economic reforms and pleasant investment climate.
The Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan is open from Monday to Friday (except Wednesdays) between09.00 and 12.00 for visa and legalisation matters and on Wednesdays between 09.00 and 12.00 for civil matters.
www.kazakhstanembassy.org.uk   (456 words)

  
 VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
I make the wish for all of you, and above all for you Mr President that this sovereignty be long lasting, fruitful, ever fuller, embracing all the sectors of national life: economic, political, cultural.
I hope that the Catholics present in Kazakhstan may be able to contribute to the common good of the country.
My wish for you, Mr President, and for the whole people, is that God may bless all of you.
www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/JP2PRSKZ.HTM   (422 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:President of Kazakhstan Presented Order to Well-Known Armourer Mikhail Kalashnikov
On Wednesday President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev presented in Astana a Dostyk (Friendship) Order of the 1st Class to the well-known Russian armourer Mikhail Kalshnikov who designed a legendary submachine gun.
The president noted that the first Kalashnikov submachine gun was designed in Kazakhstan.
Kalashnikov arrived in Kazakhstan on May 2 at the invitation of the commander of the National Guard of the republic.
english.pravda.ru /science/2003/05/07/46687_.html   (136 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Country profiles | Country profile: Kazakhstan
The varied landscape stretches from the mountainous, heavily populated regions of the east to the sparsely populated, energy-rich lowlands in the west, and from the industrialised north, with its Siberian climate and terrain, through the arid, empty steppes of the centre, to the fertile south.
Insulting the president and officials is a criminal offence; the private life, health and financial affairs of the president are classified as state secrets.
The president's close associates, including his eldest daughter, Dariga Nazarbayeva, and son-in-law, have benefitted from the privatisation of the former state media.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1298071.stm   (841 words)

  
 Kazakhstan - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is bound by Russia to the north, the Caspian Sea to the west and southwest, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to the south and China to the southeast.
Literacy; N/A. On Dec. 12, 1991 Kazakhstan declared its independence, although prior to independence its history was closely tied with that of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
In Sept. 1993 Kazakhstan formed an economic union with members of the CIS while in Dec. 1993 agreements were signed with the US further committing Kazakhstan to remove strategic nuclear missiles in return for funding for such denuclearization.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/kazakh.htm   (1624 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Chinese Vice President urges Kazakhstan oil pipeline project
28-07-00 Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao urged progress on a long-stalled oil pipeline project with Kazakhstan after the discovery of what may be one of the world's largest offshore oil fields.
China and Kazakhstan felt "both parliaments should speed up the work on the preliminary scientific and technical basis," for the proposed 2,822 km (1,763 mile) oil pipeline to run from Atyrau in western Kazakhstan to western China, Hu said.
Meanwhile the Chinese vice president called for cooperation between China and its smaller Central Asian neighbour to combat instability in the volatile and resource-rich region.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntc03339.htm   (475 words)

  
 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan lies in the north of the central Asian republics and is bounded by Russia in the north, China in the east, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in the south, and the Caspian Sea and part of Turkmenistan in the west.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev restructured and consolidated many operations of the government in 1997, eliminating a third of the government ministries and agencies.
Kazakhstan: Government - Government Under the constitution of 1995, Kazakhstan is headed by a strong executive president,...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107674.html   (967 words)

  
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Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official working visit to the U.S. February 14-15.
President Clinton is looking forward to welcoming President Nazarbayev to the White House on February 14.
President Clinton will be congratulating President Nazarbayev on the Kazakhstan Parliament's recent decision to accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty which will make Kazakhstan a non-nuclear state.
clinton6.nara.gov /1994/01/1994-01-21-scheduled-visit-of-president-of-kazakhstan.html   (91 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Kazakhstan
Consulate of Kazakhstan in New York, United States of America
Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations in Geneva
Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations in New York
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/kz.html   (145 words)

  
 U.S. Embassy Almaty, Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
While in Kazakhstan November 2-3, 2005, General John Abizaid, the Commander of U.S. Central Command, toured the Iliisky Training Center, the Kazakhstani Peacekeeping Battalion (KAZBAT) training site near Kapchagai.
Kazakhstan should lead Central Asia to a democratic future, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged in a speech at the Eurasian National University in Astana October 13.
Praising Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for lifting Kazakhstan to a position of regional leadership on international security and economic development, Rice called on his government to ensure the country’s December presidential elections are free and fair.
www.usembassy-kazakhstan.freenet.kz   (399 words)

  
 KIBHR / THE PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN HAS BEGAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The President has stated, that "the high level of concentration is observed" in the economy of Kazakhstan.
According to his calculations, GDP of Kazakhstan is under the control of "about ten mega-Holdings", which is in the Kazakh Leader's opinion, very bad.
According to the Source in the Government of Kazakhstan Staff, The Cabinet of Ministers actually develops "certain measures", in accordance with "the President's instructions", however, "to speak about any concrete Holdings, from which they will start taking assets away, is early".
www.bureau.kz /articles/review051104.shtml   (364 words)

  
 Embassy of Kazakhstan to the United States and Canada
Onalsyn Zhumabekov, Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC), said the CEC will upload voting results district by district on its website within 24 hours after the vote closes on December 4.
He also stressed observers from foreign countries and international organizations accredited by the CEC will be able to get copies of vote tabulation at each polling station on Election Day.
Ilya Ilyin, a 17-year old prodigy from Kyzylorda in south western Kazakhstan, became the youngest ever world champion in weightlifting during the competition in Doha, Qatar on November 14.
www.kazakhembus.com   (444 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Russian Parliament Speaker and President of Kazakhstan Discuss Common Economic Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree yesterday 'on the call-up of Russian citizens for military service in April-June 2003 and the release from military service of those who have completed their service.' As the president's press office announced, the call-up will begin today.
On Tuesday, Speaker of the Federation Council /the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament/ Sergei Mironov and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev met in Astana to discuss creation of a common economic space of Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus.
Leaders of the United Russia party have briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the agenda of the forthcoming party congress, said chairman of the party's Supreme Council Boris Gryzlov after his meeting with the President in the Kremlin.
english.pravda.ru /politics/2003/04/01   (2084 words)

  
 Kazakhstani president received president of kazakhstan development bank board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
On August 21 Nursultan Nazarbayev received President of Kazakhstan Development Bank Board Kambar Zhalgimbayev who reported the detailed account of the bank activities.
Kazinform was communicated by the Presidential Administration press service that the President had set a number tasks before the bank in the Industrial Innovation Development Strategy afterlight.
Kazakhstan Development Bank press service told Kazinform that since 2001 the Bank financed 25 investment projects and export operations in the sum of US$222.57 million.
news.caspianworld.com /en/go/839270526/1874479248/-891761707/-1163326885/692357749   (600 words)

  
 PIB Press Releases
Although this is my first visit to Central Asia as Prime Minister, our two countries have had the tradition of a regular dialogue and interaction at the highest level.
In February we were honoured by the President’s visit to our country.
India is prepared to make a major investment in the oil and gas sector in Kazakhstan, as we did last year in the Sakhalin oil field of Russia.
pib.nic.in /archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rjun2002/03062002/r030620021.html   (459 words)

  
 EurasiaNet Business & Economics - Corruption Trial Concerning Kazakhstani Officials Delayed Until January
The federal trial of James H. Giffen, who stands accused of bribing Kazakhstani officials on behalf of an American oil company, has been postponed until January, allowing extra time for prosecutors, defense attorneys and the presiding judge to resolve questions concerning the presentation of evidence, including sensitive US government documents.
Following a recent judicial conference, US Federal Judge William H. Pauley III announced that Giffen’s trial is now expected to begin in early 2005, and not this fall as originally scheduled.
Public opinion polls show that support for Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan — the main opposition party that has tried the most to raise Kazakhgate’s profile during the campaign — remains mired in the single digits.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/business/articles/eav091704.shtml   (580 words)

  
 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan or Kazakstan, officially Republic of Kazakhstan, republic (1995 est.
Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan National name: Qazaqstan Respublikasy President: Nursultan A. Nazarbayev...
Atlas: Kazakhstan - Facts on Kazakhstan: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
www.factmonster.com /id/A0827235   (151 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kazakhstan - Political Organizations in Kazakhstan - The President's Party - Other Parties - Nationalist ...
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The latter particularly, under the leadership of former Nazarbayev ally Olzhas Suleymenov, became a center of parliamentary opposition.
Nazarbayev's third party, the People's Unity Party (SNEK), remained loyal to the president, although it was unable, even with considerable government help, to elect enough deputies to give Nazarbayev control of the 1994-95 parliament.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/kazakhstan/kazakhstan47.html   (779 words)

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