Examples of using Obock in English and their translations into Russian
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The Ali Adde settlement dates back several centuries, and is one of the oldest towns in Djibouti after Tadjoura and Obock.
It is only recently that its main town, Obock, was connected to the rest of the country by an asphalted road.
The country is divided into five administrative regions, namely,Tadjoura, Obock, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil and Arta.
April: the Prefect of Obock and a Djibouti military officer who intended to visit Ras Doumeira to investigate the situation are turned back by EDF;
The Republic of Djibouti is divided into five administrative regions:Tadjourah, Obock, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil and Arta.
Dikhil Obock Tadjourah At the regional level, however, the principle of quotas has not been respected in regional and municipal elections, despite the mobilization of women.
The remainder of the urban population is unequally divided among the country's five interior regions Arta, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil,Tajourah and Obock.
Women are conspicuously underrepresented in the regions of Dikhil and Obock, where the legal minimum of 10 per cent, imposed by the Act of 2002, has not been respected.
The prefect of the Obock region,accompanied by the head of the Djiboutian army regiment stationed at Obock, decided to go to Ras-Doumeira to look into the situation.
Surgical blocks were therefore constructed in hospital medical centres in the regions of Dikhil,Tajourah and Obock, in addition to delivery suites in rural health posts.
When approached by the Obock administration,the Eritrean workers affirm that the works in question are part of a road construction project that would link Obock to Assab in Eritrea.
UNHCR pointed out that Djibouti had become a hub for mixed migratory movements across the Red Sea,mainly through Obock, a town known as a centre of human trafficking and smuggling activities.
The Obock regional authorities attempted in vain to make contact with the Governor of the Southern Red Sea region in Eritrea to try to understand what was going on and the purpose of the project at Ras-Doumeira.
A rural water-point installation programme in the Obock district, under the IGAD-USAID Horn of Africa Support Project(HASP): submitted to IGAD;
With the help of a contribution from the Government of Italy, 50 reservoirs(2,000 litres each) andthree water trucks were supplied to three districts(Dikhil, Obock, Tadjourah) in response to an emergency appeal during the 1996 drought.
Since the two countries had previously agreed that Eritrea could construct such a road, the Obock administration presumed that the Eritrean Government would notify the Djibouti authorities before the construction team crossed the border into Djibouti territory;
The clashes of 10 to 12 June 2008 and the subsequent militarization of Doumeira and Moulhoule have reportedly caused the displacement of some 207 families,which were temporarily relocated to two sites in the Obock district, called Andoli and Khor Angar.
Five women from the regions of Ali Sabieh and Obock were sent to the Barefoot College in India for six months of solar-energy training in another incentive measure taken by the Ministry for the Advancement of Women, the aim being to train women in the techniques for solar-panel installation in rural areas.
An information centre, which disseminated information on the dangers of illegal immigration and human trafficking,had been opened in Obock, in an area where persons wishing to emigrate to the Persian Gulf-- in particular, to Yemen-- often tended to gather.
In 2008, a United Nations fact-finding mission noted that the clashes of 10 to 12 June 2008 between the Djibouti Armed Forces(DAF) and the defence forces of a neighbouring country, as well as the subsequent militarization of Doumeira and Moulhoule, have reportedly caused the displacement of some 207 families,which were temporarily relocated to two sites in the Obock district.
Civilians are tortured with impunity at military barracks in Tadjoura, in the districts of Galela, Mablas, Assageilla, Adaylou and in Tadjoura city, in Margoïta and in Obock, in the districts of Waddi,Alayli Dadda, Doumeira and in Obock city, during the frequent sweeps made by the Djibouti National Army AND.
Under its current emergency operation(DJI EMOP 10099.00), which started in February 2002 and will end in June 2003, WFP supports through food-for-assets programmes, the rehabilitation of several secondary roads, medical centres,four water retention schemes, five cemented wells and two underground water reserves in the Obock and Tadjoura Districts.
Two other ongoing projects may be reported:first, the construction of a"Migration Responses Centre" in Obock, a city where potential emigrants bound for the Arabian Gulf countries via Yemen assemble; and second, the establishment of a national body responsible for coordinating work on a plan of action against trafficking in human beings.
While a comprehensive survey should be carried out to ascertain the precise nature of the damage incurred andto determine what equipment is required, reports from the authorities suggest that a number of schools and dispensaries in Obock and Tadjoura districts require immediate attention.
Human trafficking(22) The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party, such as the criminalization of human trafficking,training initiatives and the establishment of a Migration Response Centre in Obock, as well as the establishment of a coordinated national mechanism to combat human trafficking.
However, although the trend in gender parity indices generally points to an improvement in girls' enrolment, a study of the achievements made reveals inter- and intraregional disparities that must be rectified by sensitization campaigns and incentive measures in areas where girls' enrolment remains below the national average(44 per cent),notably in the regions of Dikhil and Obock, as shown by the map of Djibouti below.
Even if all aspects of the rehabilitation programme for the war-affected districts have not yet been addressed, several activities have been successfully implemented to encourage the sustainable resettlement of displaced persons,such as the rehabilitation of the hospital in Obock and of water supply facilities in Dikhil, as well as the realization of a small-scale microcredit project targeting the women of Tadjoura.
While a comprehensive survey should be carried out to ascertain the precise nature of damage incurred andto determine the technical specifications of the equipment required, reports from the authorities suggest that a number of schools and dispensaries in the Obock and Tadjoura districts require immediate attention.
Even if all the political and administrative difficulties encountered in the execution phase of the rehabilitation programme for the war-affected districts have not yet been overcome, several activities have been successfully implemented to encourage the sustainable resettlement of displaced persons,such as the rehabilitation of the hospital in Obock and of water supply facilities in Dikhil, as well as the realization of a small-scale microcredit project targeting the women of Tadjoura.