On June 24, 2021, Almazbek Beishenaliev, Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, paid a courtesy visit to Mrs. Mariatou Yap, Secretary General of the International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO).

Almazbek Beishenaliev congratulated the ICDO on its 90th anniversary, supported the important activities of the organization in providing protection and assistance to the population in the face of natural and man-made disasters and assured Kyrgyzstan's firm commitment to active cooperation within the Organization.

The Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan expressed gratitude to the ICDO for the regular organization of diving and mountain rescue courses in the Kyrgyz Republic, and noted the readiness of the Kyrgyz side to organize these courses in August this year.

In turn, the ICDO Secretary General Mrs. Mariatou Yap welcomed Almazbek Beishenaliev on his first visit as the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan and stressed the Organization's desire to intensify interaction with Kyrgyz partners.

During the meeting, the parties expressed their readiness to cooperate on the opening of a regional Center for Humanitarian Response in Kyrgyzstan.

 

The International Civil Defence Organisation is an intergovernmental organisation whose objective is to contribute to the development by States of structures ensuring the protection and assistance of populations and safe-guarding property and the environment in the face of natural and man-made disasters. These structures are generally known as civil protection, civil defence, civil safety and are all concerned with the management of emergency situations. The ICDO federates the national structures established by States for this purpose with the aim of favouring cooperation and mutual solidarity between them.