DUSHANBE, August 9, 2013, Asia-Plus – President Emomali Rahmon has appointed Mavlon Qazoqov and Sanoi Boyev Tajikistan Representatives to the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) Executive Committee, according to the Tajik president’s official website.
The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) was developed on March 23, 1993 by the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (ICWC) to raise funds for the projects under Aral Sea Basin programs. The IFAS was meant to finance programs to save the sea and improve on environmental issues associated with the basin’s drying. This program has had some success with joint summits of the countries involved and finding funding from the World Bank, to implement projects; however, it faces many challenges, such as enforcement and slowing progress.
Besides, by president’s decree Qayumjon Mahmoudov, formerly director general of the State Unitary Enterprise Zarya Vosotoka, was appointed director general of the State Unitary Enterprise Vostokredmet (Rare Metals Industrial Complex).
