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Adoption of Strategy for Countering Extremism and Terrorism

   On June 1st 2021, the Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon approved the Strategy for Countering Extremism and Terrorism in the Republic of Tajikistan and the Plan for its implementation for 2021-2025 by Decree #187.

  The Strategy was adopted in order to fulfill the instructions set out in the Statement of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Parliament dated January 26, 2021 "On the main directions of domestic and foreign policy of the Republic of Tajikistan" and in accordance with the efforts of Tajikistan to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

  The Strategy defines the goals, objectives and main directions of the State policy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the field of countering extremism and terrorism and is aimed at uniting the efforts of state authorities, local self- government bodies and villages, civil society institutions and international organizations in this area.

According to the Presidential Decree, Ministries and Agencies, Executive bodies of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Sughd, Khatlon regions, the city of Dushanbe, cities and districts were instructed to take measures to implement Strategy for countering extremism and terrorism in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2021-2025, develop and approve internal plans of actions and conduct public awareness complains.

   The coordination of the activities of state bodies, civil society institutions and international organizations on the implementation of the Strategy, as well as control over the progress of its implementation is carried out by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tajikistan.

 

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