Dr. Mohabbat attends opening ceremony of the Second Group Training Course in Analysis, Interpretation and Use of Official Statistics

January 16, 2012: Dr. Bashir Mohabbat, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Tokyo, attended the Second Group Training Course in Analysis, Interpretation and Use of Official Statistics in Chiba city. The 2-month program is organized jointly by the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) and the Government of Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The program aims to support countries of the Asian-Pacific region and since its opening in 1974, roughly 12,500 members have received training. This year, two Afghans will take part in the program: Mr. Enyetullah Maher, General Director of Labour Statistics in the Central Statistics Organizations’ (CSO’s) Demography Department (pictured above on the left side); and Mr. Dad Mohammad Hamid Zarifi of the General Directorate Social Statistic Office in the CSO’s Social Statistic Demography Department (pictured above on the right side).