UN Women: Kazakhstan greatly contributes to protection of women
"We are very grateful to Kazakhstan for supporting our efforts in protection of rights and socio-economic empowerment of women as Kazakhstan's diplomacy makes a great contribution in this respect. We believe that the anti-nuclear efforts of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its pacifist stance will contribute to solving many international problems of the mankind including improving the status of women worldwide," she said.
Ms. Kannisto noted that UN Women attach importance to Kazakhstan's initiative and call upon the members of the world community to annually allocate 1% of the defense budget to the social and economic development of all countries of the world.
"We are looking forward to the nuclear non-proliferation thematic debate with the participation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Moreover, Kazakhstan's emphasis on the problems of Afghanistan will make it possible to strengthen work in protecting the rights and improving the lives of the population in that country, including women," she summed up.
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