NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

Gulnara Iskakova, the new Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Iskakova had been teaching law at the American University in Central Asia from 1998 to 2010. From 1998 to 2004, she was the Head of the Law Department at the University, setting up the Department and developing the curriculum as well as teaching. She taught law at the Law Department of the Kyrgyz National University from 1992 to 1998, and taught law at the International University of Kyrgyzstan from 1996 to 1997, concurrently working at the Moscow and Tashkent offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

During her career, Ms. Iskakova has also had an active role in public service, including as a member of the working group of the interim Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the drafting of the constitution in April-May 2010; as a member of the Constitutional Council of the Kyrgyz Republic in April-May 2010; working on implementing a programme to strengthen Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament from 2006 to 2008; as a member of the expert group on writing the new edition of the constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, which was adopted in referenda of 2003; and serving as an independent legal expert to the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic from 1996 to 1997.

Ms. Iskakova has an LLM from Duke University Law School (2004-2005); a PhD in jurisprudence from the Kazakh National State University in Almaty, Kazakhstan (1994) and a law degree from the Kyrgyz State University in Bishkek (1983-1988). She has carried out a number of post graduate courses and other training. She has also published many articles, two monographs, two books and on reference book.


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