M. Dushanbe Field Office in Tajikistan

5. Welcomes the establishment of the Institute's Project Field Office in Dushanbe

2. Takes note of the Dushanbe Declaration, adopted at the eighth Economic Cooperation Organization summit on 14 September 2004, following the fourteenth meeting of the Council of Ministers in Dushanbe on 12 September 2004

For example, in the regional breakdown, the highest indicator in 2003 was for the city of Dushanbe, at 82.3 , whereas the lowest indicator was for the Khatlon Oblast, at 44.9 .

An international conference on people trafficking had been held in Dushanbe in April 2005, in conjunction with IOM.

For example, in partnership with the NGO Voices of Friends and employment centres of the Yavan Rayon and the I. Somoni district of the city of Dushanbe, additional jobs were created for 20 unemployed women.

Many women are unaware of the rights and opportunities given them by a number of land reform laws. They also have too little information on the procedures for registering their businesses.

Mahkamov served both as First Secretary and President but was forced to resign in August 1991 due to the unpopularity of his support for the August Coup of 1991 in Moscow and the resulting street demonstrations in Dushanbe.

They are also engaged in shuttle commerce and haul goods in from neighboring countries to re sell them at local markets.

For that reason, rural students' access to higher learning institutions is limited by economic considerations, because housing rental costs in Dushanbe are considerably higher than the amount received in a scholarship.

For example, the infant mortality rate in rural areas was 102 per 1,000 live births in 2000, 114 in 2001 and 108 in 2002, as opposed to a rate of 38 64 in Dushanbe.

And, in Central Asia, India has projects at Ayni Air Base near Dushanbe in Tajikistan, including a functioning field hospital (where the late Ahmed Shah Massoud, the leader of Afghanistan s anti Soviet war, died following an assassination attempt on September 9, 2001).

Women account for 11.6 in oblast majlis of people's deputies (as compared with 4.4 in the preceding convocation on 1 January 1998) and 31.4 in the city of Dusahanbe's majlis of people's deputies (as compared with 12.8 as of 1 January 1998).