Almaty Office, Kazakhstan
In August 1998, CNS established its NIS Representative
Office (NISRO) in Almaty, Kazakhstan to facilitate CNS research,
community-building, and outreach activities in the NIS and to provide a unique
resource for nonproliferation specialists in the NIS. The office is headed by
executive director Dauren Aben.
NISRO organizes seminars and conferences in the former
Soviet Union on various WMD and nonproliferation issues. Most recently, NISRO
has facilitated organization of workshops on implementation of UN Security
Council Resolution 1540 in
Kyrgyzstan and
Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Past events have also been held for
journalists, bioscientists, and export control and other government officials.
In addition, the office has conducted conferences for NISNP Core Group members.
The Almaty office is also actively involved in CNS research and publication
projects, most recently in the production of the
International Export Control
Observer (in English and in Russian).
For more information on NISRO, please contact NISRO
Executive Director Dauren Aben (dauraben@intelsoft.kz) or NISNP
Director Cristina Hansell (cristina.hansell@miis.edu).
