On March 22-24 the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, was held at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Conference was attended by 7 heads of state and government, vice presidents, deputy prime ministers and more than 70 national ministers with water portfolios. Within the framework of the Conference, 5 interactive high-level dialogues and...

On March 20, 2023, at the initiative of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, a special event was held on the occasion of the International day of Novruz. The event was attended by the UN Secretary General, the President of ECOSOC, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of the UN Member States. UN Secretary-General Mr. Antonio Guterres congratulated all those who celebrate the Nowruz on the first day o...

On March 16, a meeting of the UN General Assembly was held under the chairmanship of Turkmenistan. During the meeting, which was chaired by the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the United Nations Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, a briefing was held by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Myanmar, Ms. Noeleen Heyzer. During the briefing, the Special Envoy paid special attention to humanitarian assistance, the protection of civilians, as well as the development of a common...

On March 17, the city of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, hosted the International Fair of National Cuisine of the Peoples of the World, devoted to the International Day of Novruz. The Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan took part in the organization of the international fair with the presentation of the national pavilion demonstrating the traditional dishes of the Turkmen people, as well as a photo exposition about the history of Turkmenistan and the modern life of the country. Pavilions from mo...

The signing ceremony was held on 14 March 2023, in New York, at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations. The Joint Communiqué was signed on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kenya. Prior to the signing ceremony, H.E. Mrs. Aksoltan Ataeva Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN and H.E. Mr. Martin Kimani Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the UN held talks. They confirmed m...

During March 2023, a number of meetings were held at the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN with the Ambassadors of Latin American countries. In particular, on March 2, Ambassador Aksoltan Ataeva, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN met with Carolyn Allison Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the UN. During the meeting, a constructive exchange of views took place on bilateral cooperation between Turkmenistan and Guyan...

Final Declaration adopted at the First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality for Peace, Security and Sustainable Development published in the six official UN languages (A/77/778 - see document below) as an official document of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly under agenda item 58 “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”. The ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality was held in Ashgabat on December 10, 2022. The adopted Declaration consolidates th...