The Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan (KHF) ( tg, Кумитаи ҳолатҳои фавқулодда ва мудофиаи граждании назди Ҳукумати Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, russian: Комитет по чрезвычайным ситуациям и гражданской обороне при правительстве Таджикистана) is the

emergencies An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...

and

civil defense Civil defense ( en, region=gb, civil defence) or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from man-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, miti ...

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. The ministry is authorized to make decisions on the protection of the Tajik population/territory from natural disasters and other geological processes.

Names

*Anti-Domestic Defense Force (1918–1961) *Civil Defense of the

Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

(1961–1992) *Committee of Civil Defense of the

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(1992–1999) *Ministry of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (1999–2000) *Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan (2000–Present)

Structure

*KHF Headquarters **Office of the Chairman **General Directorate **Main Department of Population and Territory Protection **Personnel Office **Department of Management of construction, Operation of Buildings and Structures **Personnel Department **International Cooperation Office **Financial and Economic Management Department **Medical Management Department **Crisis Management Center **Legal Department **Public Relations Department *Operational Section **Central Apparatus **Office of Specialized Search and Rescue Services **Office of Logistics, Food and Transport **

Sarez Lake Sarez Lake (russian: Сарезское озеро; tg, Сарез кӯл, Sarez Kūl) is a lake in Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan. Length about , depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about above sea leve ...

Department **KHF Office in the Autonomous Regions **Department of Emergency and Civil Defense Committee for

Kulob Kulob ( tg, Кӯлоб, کولاﺏ, translit=Kûlob/Kūlob), formerly also Kulyab (russian: Куляб, translit=Kuljab), is a city in Khatlon Region, southern Tajikistan. Located southeast of the capital Dushanbe on the river Yakhsu (a right tr ...

and the

Khatlon Region Khatlon Region ( tg, Вилояти Хатлон, ''Viloyati Xatlon''), one of the four provinces of Tajikistan ( tg, вилоят, ''Viloyat''), is the most populous of the four first level administrative regions. It is situated in the southwest ...

**Department of the District Departments **Rapid Response Rescue squads **Anti-Hail Service **Civil Defense Troops *Republican organizations **Republican Training Center **Republican Chemical Radiometric Laboratory **

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**Republican Militarized Mountain Rescue Service

List of chairmen

Since 1994, the KHF has had 7 chairmen: *H. Achilov (1994–1996) *A. Boboev (1996–1998) *M. Iskandarov (1998–1999) *M. Ziyoev (1999–2006) *M. Zokirov (2006–2008) *H. Latipov (2008–2012) *Khayriddina Abdurahimov (2012–February 2, 2016) *Rustam Nazarzoda (February 2, 2016–Present)

Cooperation with regional partners

The KHF had made many agreements with its regional neighbors such as the

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and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, which date back to the country's establishment in 1991. Similar agreements on a much smaller scale have been established between countries such as

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and

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. The committee closely cooperates with the international organizations on humanitarian affairs such as the

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and its subordinate bodies (

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, the

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and

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disaster ...

References

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