DUSHANBE, September 25, 2008, Asia-Plus — International organization Mercy Corps is resuming its activities in Tajikistan.
According to the Council of Justice (Shuroi Adliya), the organization is resuming its activities in the country after it submitted the necessary documents for inspection of its activity to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
As it had been reported earlier, activity of Mercy Corps in Tajikistan was suspended for one month in early August. Following application from a MoJ, a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district on August 5 ruled that activity of Mercy Corp in Tajikistan be suspended for one month.
The ministry applied to the court for suspension of Mercy Corps’ activity after Mercy Corps refused to submit the necessary documents for inspection of its activity. In accordance with the country’s legislation, the MoJ has the right to check activities of public charitable organizations to determine whether their activities are in compliance with requirements of the country’s legislation.
Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1.5 billion in assistance to people in 106 nations. Supported by headquarters offices in North America and Europe, the agency”s unified global programs employ 3,500 staff worldwide and reach nearly 16.4 million people in more than 35 countries.
In Tajikistan, Mercy Corps has worked since 1994 to help communities in several areas, including preventing conflict, promoting healthy women and children, increasing food production and access, and supporting local entrepreneurship
