§ 32. Kazakhstan in system of the international organizations and

Integration

One of examples of foreign policy activity of Kazakhstan ­ is its participation in the international, regional, branch ­ integration unions (associations).

The priority purpose of foreign policy of Kazakhstan - creation of relations of trust and good neighbourhood on all perimetre of frontier­. Kazakhstan one of the first has refused the nuclear ­ weapon, supports prolongation of the Nonproliferation treaty ­ and an interdiction of tests of all kinds of the nuclear weapon. Kazakhstan has put forward the initiative about stage-by-stage creation of uniform Asian structure of constructive safety, having proposed ­ convocation of Meeting on interaction and trust measures in Asia.

From the first days of membership in the United Nations Kazakhstan spends the economic­, international legal, social, ecological policy ­ according to the international norms and rules. Today in our republic there are more than 60 various integration organisations.

All international activity of Kazakhstan testifies about principles of many vectors, inherent in foreign policy of our ­ state, and creates conditions for strengthening of national safety.

In 1998 Kazakhstan was a part of the United Nations concerning a sustainable development­, and also in an administrative board of the commission of the United Nations under the program of preservation of the environment (UNEP). According to the ­ decision of this commission in Almaty the Asian regional centre "Mercury" is created: by means of outer-space communication station ­ there is a gathering of the ecological information, work with Internet networks is carried out.

Reforms in an education sphere are spent with support of the program ­ of the United Nations by training, science and culture. Kazakhstan pays ­ huge attention to formation questions, aspires to enter into world educational space. One of steps to this direction is acceptance of the Lisbon convention.

For the purpose of safety preservation Kazakhstan has established military-political relations with the countries Western and the Eastern Europe, Asia and the next states. In 1992 processes of optimisation of relations with the North Atlantic military block (NATO) have begun.

The great influence on development of economy of Kazakhstan renders cooperation of republic with the international financial and economic organisations. Agreements on mutually advantageous economic partnership have been signed. These actions promote ­ occurrence of Kazakhstan in world market system, in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

In July, 1992 the Republic Kazakhstan became a member of the International ­ currency fund (ICF) which representation in our republic is opened in August of the same year. The ICF allocates ­ to the countries necessary financial quotas according to the analysis of their economic development and position. Indicators of an internal national produce (gross national product), population incomes, foreign trade volume, parity between export and import are thus considered. With assistance of this fund for development of separate branches of an economy of republic by the World Bank, the European bank of reconstruction and development, the Asian bank ­ of development, Islamic bank of development had been allocated money resources­. These actions promoted microeconomic ­ development of Kazakhstan in 1992-1998.

As a result of interaction of Kazakhstan with the European bank ­ of reconstruction and development Council of foreign investments for the purpose of activization of participation of Kazakhstan in integration ­ processes and attraction of the foreign investment capital has been created­. Council holds the sessions under the direction of the President ­ of Republic Kazakhstan twice a year.

Development of branches of industrial and non-productive spheres is carried out by means of the Asian and Islamic banks of development.

The Asian bank of development (ABD) co-operates with Kazakhstan with 1994 by means of this international financial institution in the country 54 projects on rendering of technical ­ assistance, and also 12 large investment projects have been carried out­. In a rating of this bank Kazakhstan as the principal shareholder takes the fourth place.

In 1995 Kazakhstan became a member of Islamic bank of development.

The frontier states - Republic Kazakhstan, China, the Russian Federation­, Republic Tajikistan and Republic Uzbekistan ­ - are included into the Shanghai organisation of commonwealth (SOC). SOC considers questions of military trust in region, fight against terrorism, separatism and extremism, trade and economic relations­.

Kazakhstan is the full member of the World tourist ­ organisation.

Thus, membership of Kazakhstan in many international organisations creates for republic possibility to spend the purposeful ­ foreign policy promoting its economic ­ development and increase of the status on the world scene.