Field Reports
KYRGYZSTAN IS THREATENED BY TUBERCULOSIS.
By Gulzina Karim kyzy (3/13/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In the last few years, Kyrgyzstan has faced a dramatic tuberculosis epidemic. In spite of measures taken by the Kyrgyz government, the number of people infected with tuberculosis is increasing day by day. The government adopted a National Tuberculosis Program in 1995, Tuberculosis II in 2001, and a Law on Tuberculosis in 1998.
CASPIAN COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR SUMMIT
By Gulnara Ismailova, a freelance journalist, based in Baku, Azerbaijan (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
There is no common approach among littoral countries of the Caspian sea regarding the legal basis of the Caspian Sea. Relations between Caspian countries regarding exploitation of the sea determinate two treaties concluded in 1921 – between Soviet Russia and Persia, and also in 1940 –between Soviet Union and Iran.
Baku, Moscow and Astana have basically agreed on a solution dividing the bottom of the sea and keeping the water common, however, Iran’s position remains the main impediment to a solution.
THE FIRST CONGRESS OF JOURNALISTS OF KAZAKHSTAN
By Marat Yermukanov, Kazakhstan (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Expectations were high among the more than 400 journalists of state-owned and independent media of Kazakhstan when they gathered for their first Congress in the capital city Astana on March 12. It was the first time that such an event of nationwide scale brought together journalists from pro-government and oppositional media. Although many questions remained unanswered, the congress at least demonstrated the essence of the media policy of the government at present stage.
BRAWL OVER THE CONTROL OF CITIZENS UNION OF GEORGIA REACHES CRITICAL STAGE
By Irema Japaridze (3/27/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The string of conflicts between the warring factions of the formally governing Citizens Union of Georgia (CUG) reached a boiling point when supporters of former Parliamentary Speaker Zurab Zhvania clashed with the supporters of Kvemo Kartli Governor, and CUG's pro-Shevardnadze faction leader, Levan Mamaladze in a fist fight at the party's Tsekavshiri office on March 14. The incident was yet another embarrassment for Zhvania, who is battling for his political survival and is increasingly becoming less relevant in Georgia's domestic political landscape compared to most other national politicians. Analysts have predicted that if Zhvania is unable to win the struggle for the control for CUG, he will have to lead his supporters out of the party and join Michael Saakashvili's newly organized National Movement for Democratic Reform.Visit also
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