On April 10, 2023, the 56th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development began its work at the UN Headquarters in New York, in which the Head of the population statistics department of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics Ms. Jahan Pigamova takes part. The Commission, established in 1946, is a functional body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), that reviews and evaluates the implementation of the Program of Action of the International Confere...

On April 10, 2023, in the building of the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and the Head of the Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Turkmenistan Ayna Seyitlieva. During the meeting, issues of interaction between Turkmenistan and UNFPA were discussed within the framework of the country cooperation program approved for the period 2021-2025. The parties also noted the succes...

The play «Fragi» was staged at the Batken Regional Music and Drama Theater named after Appaz Zhainakov of the Ministry of culture, information, sports and youth policy of the Kyrgyz Republic. In recent days, the theater hosted the premiere of a performance about the life and work of the great Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi. The theatrical performance caused a special resonance among connoisseurs of the culture of the East and classical oriental poetry. The production of the play...

On April 6, 2023, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov held an online meeting with the UN Deputy Secretary General, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Olga Algayerova. Within the framework of the negotiations, priority areas of cooperation between Turkmenistan and the UNECE were discussed. Special attention of the parties was paid to the issues of preparation for the participation of the...

On April 5, 2023, during the Organizational Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), elections were held for the subsidiary bodies of the Council. During the elections, ECOSOC members unanimously elected Turkmenistan as a member of the UNICEF Executive Board for the period 2024-2026. Earlier Turkmenistan was elected and served as a member of the UNICEF Executive Board in 2018-2020. Today, Turkmenistan is a member of 13 commissions, committees and councils of the...

Ежегодное празднование 7 апреля Всемирного дня здоровья, является знаменательным событием как для туркменского народа, так и для всего прогрессивного человечества. В этом году 7 апреля Всемирная организация здравоохранения отмечает 75-летний юбилей, основанная по коллективной инициативе стран мира в 1948 г. и направленная на укрепление здоровья людей, поддержания безопасности в мире и служения интересам уязвимых групп населения, с тем чтобы каждый человек, где бы он ни находился, имел возмож...

On 30 March the United Nations General Assembly under the presidency of Turkmenistan convened a High-level meeting on the role of zero waste as a transformative solution in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The meeting was attended by the UN Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, the First Lady of the Republic of Türkiye, Ms. Emine Erdogan, the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, high-level delegations of th...