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On 26–27 May 2026, Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea presented a thematic pavilion at the International Exhibition “Water Resilience for Climate Action”, organized as part of the The Fourth High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action «Water for Sustainable Development», 2018–2028 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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On 26–27 May 2026, at the invitation of the organizers, a delegation of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, headed by Chairman Mr. Askhat Orazbay, participated in the The Fourth High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action «Water for Sustainable Development», 2018–2028, held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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On 29–30 April 2026, the 4th Meeting of the Working Group on the development of the Central Asia Water Efficiency Cooperation Project was held in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan. The Project is being jointly implemented by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and the World Bank.
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The Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) actively participated in the events of the first Regional Environmental Summit (RES 2026), held in Astana on 22–24 April 2026.
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On April 24, 2026, in Astana, within the framework of the Regional Ecological Summit–2026, the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) participated in the thematic session of the Central Asian Climate Change Conference titled “Water Resources Management in the Context of Climate Impact”, organized by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
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Astana, April 23, 2026 — As part of the Regional Ecological Summit, a high-level thematic event was held on “Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development in the Region of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia”.
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23 апреля 2026 года в Астане в рамках Регионального экологического саммита–2026 и Центрально-Азиатской Конференции по вопросам изменения климата состоялась сессия «Экономика водно-энергетического сотрудничества в Центральной Азии в условиях изменения климата», организованная Региональным экологическим центром Центральной Азии и Центрально-Азиатской водно-энергетической программой Всемирного банка (CAWEP-4).
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On April 23, 2026, in Astana, within the framework of the Regional Ecological Summit–2026, the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) took part in the panel session “Best Practices in Addressing Current Environmental, Socio-Economic and Water Issues in the Aral Sea Basin”, organized by Executive Directorate of the IFAS in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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On 23 April 2026, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), A. Orazbay, took part in a round table / consultations of the heads of water management agencies of the region on the establishment of an International Water Organization within the UN system. The event was organized by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan as part of the Regional Ecological Summit 2026 in Astana. In December 2025, at an international forum in Ashgabat, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, proposed the creation of an International Water Organization within the UN framework. The establishment of such an organization would recognize water as a global public good and ensure the institutional integration of the water agenda into key UN mechanisms. The proposed IWO could serve as a platform for aligning policy, science, finance, and practice, as well as for shaping a unified global narrative linking water security with climate, food, and economic resilience. In the Astana Statement of the Heads of State–Founders of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, signed on 22 April 2026 in Astana, the Parties noted the initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the possible establishment of such an organization within the UN system, and emphasized that further consideration of this issue should be based on broad international consensus within the relevant UN processes.
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On 23 April 2026 in Astana, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the 46th meeting of the Berlin Eurasian Club was held on the theme “Joint Achievement of Sustainable Development: Strategic Partnership on the Path to a Green Future”, chaired by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, E. Ashikbayev, and the Chairman of the Board of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy, K. Klaas-Mühlhäuser.
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On 23 April 2026 in Astana, within the framework of the Regional Environmental Summit 2026, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IFAS , A. Orazbay, and the Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, H. Kluge, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.
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On 22 April 2026 in Astana, under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev, a meeting of the Council of Heads of Founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) was held with the participation of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic S.N. Japarov, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan E. Rahmon, the President of Turkmenistan S.G. Berdimuhamedov, and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR SAVING THE ARAL SEA
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