On December 14, 2023, the Fourth Meeting of the Group of Friends of Sustainable Transport took place in a virtual format, chaired by Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by heads and representatives of diplomatic missions to the UN from the Group’s member countries, as well as invited Permanent Missions among the co-sponsors of the UN General Assembly resolutions on global transport connectivity. Participants included Mr. Juwang Zhu, Director, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Gover...

During the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on December 5, 2023, Turkmenistan was unanimously elected to the Commission on Population and Development for the term 2024-2028. With strong support from the Council’s members, Turkmenistan now extends its membership in the Commission for the next consecutive period continuing its terms of 2016-2020 and 2020-2024. As one of ECOSOC's ten functional commissions, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) a...

(Dubai, UAE, December 1-2, 2023) Excellency, Mr. President, Distinguished Heads of States and Governments, Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, allow me to express gratitude to the Leadership and Government of the United Arab Emirates for their warm hospitality and excellent conditions for our productive work. Turkmenistan considers its participation in this conference as a milestone in advancing its international strategy on climate change issues. An important part of this strategy is t...

Address by the participants of the International Youth Forum “Dialogue – Guarantee of Peace”, held on October 2, 2023 in Arkadag city, Turkmenistan, published in the six official languages of the UN as an official document of the UN Security Council and the 78th session of the General Assembly (A/78/508 –S/2023/738) https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A/78/508

(Beijing, October 18, 2023) Dear Mr. Chairman, Distinguished heads and members of delegations, First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the President of the People's Republic of China, the esteemed Xi Jinping, for his initiative to convene the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, as well as for its exceptional organization and the warm hospitality extended to us. The convening of this meeting stands as a highly relevant and essential e...

On September 19, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is on a working visit to New York to participate in the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, took part in the first meeting of multilateral cooperation “C5+1”. The summit was an important opportunity to discuss a range of issues, including regional security, trade and connectivity, climate change and ongoing reforms to improve governance and the rule of law. When building international relations, the Turkmen st...

On September 19, 2023, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov took part in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The agenda of the current session included a wide range of issues related to such important areas as promoting sustainable economic growth and sustainable development, maintaining peace and security on the planet, countering global challenges and threats of our time, ecology and environmental protection, human rights, etc. The head of Turkmenistan voi...