Sirodjidin M. Aslov was appointed Ambassador of Tajikistan to the United Nations on December 14, 2005.

Since 2004, Aslov has been Tajikistan’s First Deputy Foreign Minister, and from 2002 to 2004 he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea. From 1996 to 2004, he served as his country’s permanent representative on the Aral Sea Fund’s Executive Committee.

Aslov spent 16 years (1980-1996) with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Environment, including a one-year term (1995-1996) as the Deputy Chief of the Hydrometeorological Service.

In 2004 and 2005, he served as Tajikistan’s Coordinator to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. He is the author of three monographs and some 40 articles on the environment and hydrometeorological issues, including on the monitoring of Tajikistan’s Lake Sarez, and regional cooperation in transboundary rivers.

He was born in February 1964, is married and has four children. He speaks English, Russian and Persian.

Contact Information

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations
216 East 49th St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10017

Phone: (212) 207-3315
Fax: (212) 207-3855

Email: tajikistan@un.int, tajikistanun@verizon.net
Website: http://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/tajikistan