Mukhtar Tileuberdi

Date of birth: June 30, 1968

Education: Kazakh State University in Almaty (1990)

Institute of Asia and Africa countries for Mosсow State University (1992)

University of Yeonsey in Seoul, Republic of Korea (1994)

Professional Career

1990-1992 Researcher of the Department of philosophy history, Kazakh State University

1992 – 1993 Assistant of the Department of Chinese philology, Kazakh State University

1993 – 1996 Attaché, Third Secretary of the Department for Asian countries, MFA of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1996 – 1999 Third Secretary, Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Korea

1999 – 2000First Secretary, Head of division of the Department for Asia and Africa, MFA of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2000 – 2001 Adviser to the State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2001 – 2003 Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the State of Israel

2003 – 2004 Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2004 – 2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Malaysia

2005 – 2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of Philippines concurrently

from July, 2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

from October, 2009 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Principality of Liechtenstein and Vatican concurrently

Rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, First class

Languages: English, Russian, Korean

Marital status: married, has three children

The Republic of Kazakhstan attaches great importance to scientific and technical cooperation with WMO implemented by the National Hydrometeorological Service — Republican State Enterprise (RSE) «Kazhydromet» (under the Ministry of Environmental Protection).

In April 1993 Kazakhstan ratified the WMO Convention. This led to the development of international scientific and technological cooperation of KAZHYDROMET with foreign hydro-meteorological services.

The cooperation of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the WMO performed in the following areas: (1) Provision of hydro-meteorological and environmental safety, (2) The development and modernization of the state system of meteorological observation and monitoring network for the environment, (3) The modernization of communications, processing and transmission of meteorological data.

Kazakhstan is a member of the WMO Regional Associations: II-Asia and VI-Europe, responsible for the coordination of meteorological and hydrological activities within these regions.

Kazakhstan has entered the UPU in 1992 and has committed to implement the Constitution and other Acts of the UPU.

The Republic of Kazakhstan currently is a member of the Council of Administration of the UPU.

For the first time Kazakhstan was elected as a member of the Council of Administration of the UPU in 1994 at its XXI Congress held in Seoul.

Cooperation between Kazakhstan and the UNECE involves the interaction in fields of energy, environmental protection and efficient use of water resources, transport and trade.
Joint activities between Kazakhstan and the UNECE in recent years has been further developed both in bilateral and multilateral meetings in the framework of the expert groups, the Committees of the UNECE and the UN Special Program for Economies of Central Asia (SPECA).

In March 2009 UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of the UNECE Mr. Jan Kubis visited Kazakhstan to participate in the II Astana Economic Forum.

In December 2011 Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan H.E. Mr. Kairat Umarov held bilateral meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of the UNECE Mr. Jan Kubis. During the meeting Deputy Minister congratulated Executive Secretary of the UNECE with his new appointment as the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, the Head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan and handed over to Mr. Jan Kubis the commemorative medal “20 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan” for a significant contribution he made in the development of relations between Kazakhstan and the UNECE. In early 2012 according to the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan H.E. Nursulatan Nazarbayev Mr. Jan Kubis was also awarded with “Dostyk” State Order.

The 12th session of the UNCTAD Conference took place on 20-25 April,2008 in Accra, Ghana. It was attended by a representative delegation from Kazakhstan. The next, 13th session (UNCTAD XIII), is scheduled for 21-26 April, 2012 in Doha, Qatar.

Kazakhstan has actively participated in events organized by the Secretariat of UNCTAD and assists the development of UNCTAD’s activities in support of cooperation between the countries with economies in transition and developing countries. Kazakhstan also actively participates in the group of land-locked developing countries (LLDC) and assists the reflection of the interests of these countries in UNCTAD documents.

The Government of Kazakhstan has been rendering the donor assistance in the form of voluntary contributions amounting to 20 thousand dollars annually to the UNCTAD Trust Fund since 2009. The Fund is financing the participation of representatives from countries with economies in transition, developing and least developed countries in expert meetings.

The official visit to Kazakhstan of the High Commissioner for Refugees A.Guterres took place on 13-14 November 2007. During the visit the Agreement on cooperation was signed.

The Declaration, adopted on the basis of  the Almaty Regional Conference held on 15-16 March, 2011, identified the importance of strengthening interaction to control irregular migration, border control and counter the threat of terrorism including cooperation with relevant international and other organizations.

The Kazakhstan delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Umarov participated in the Intergovernmental meeting of the UNHCR at the ministerial level on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Convention and the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Reduction of statelessness on 7-8 December, 2011.

In the area of the WTO accession, ITC has started technical assistance project aimed at providing consultative services and knowledge on WTO to the Kazakhstani businessmen.

ITC in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is currently implementing the Needs Assessment Project in Kazakhstan. The main objective of the ITC in the project to assess non-tariff measures from the point of view of the private businesses.  Representatives of the ITC have visited Kazakhstan and conducted meetings and round tables with participation of the officials from the ministries and agencies, as well as business associations and individual entrepreneurs.
Centre on Trade Policy Development of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade is the major counterpart of the ITC on implementation of the above projects in Kazakhstan.

ITU headquarters located in Geneva (Switzerland) and its membership includes 191 countries and more than 700 associate members (national and multinational companies and enterprises in the field of ICT).

Kazakhstan became the member of the ITU in 1993.

Currently, the IOM carries out following programs in Kazakhstan: migration and development, technical cooperation and border control, counteraction against people trafficking and assistance to migrants, movement of migrants as well as emergency management, disaster risk reduction and post-conflict activities.

The visit of the Director General of the IOM B.Makkinli to Kazakhstan in August 2008 had great importance in strengthening the contacts as part of participation in the 3rd Meeting of Foreign Ministers of member-countries of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The Memorandum on Cooperation between the Executive Secretariat of the CICA and the IOM was signed during the visit.

Among the big bilateral events it is necessary to underline the participation of Kazakhstan delegation headed by the Minister of Labour and Social Protection Gulshara Abdykalykova in the 98th session of the ILO, which was held from 3 to 19 June 2009 in Geneva. The session was also attended by the ILO over 4,000 delegates from 183 Member States of the organization.

In 2011 Kazakhstan was elected as Deputy Member country of the Governing Body of the ILO