On March 20, 2024, at the initiative of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, a special event was held devoted to International Nowruz Day. The event was attended by the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, the head of UNESCO Office in New York, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of the United Nations Member States. In a video message, UN Secretary-General António Guterres cong...

From February 27 to March 1, 2024, the 55th session of the UN Statistical Commission was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The session focused on leveraging data for progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The meetings were attended by heads and representatives of the national statistical sector of the 24 member states of the Commission, observers from other countries, representatives of organizations of the UN system and international and non-governmental org...

The inaugural parliamentary meeting of the Group of Friends of Neutrality for Peace, Security and Sustainable Development, titled "The Role of Parliamentary Cooperation in Strengthening Peace and Dialogue," convened in Ashgabat on February 15th. Heads of parliaments from the Group’s member countries participated in the hybrid event, fostering collaboration on global peace and security. Sharing Experiences, Building Partnerships: The summit aimed to exchange knowledge and expertise on promo...

On February 8-9, 2024, the parliamentary delegation of Turkmenistan took part in the annual hearings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) at the UN headquarters in New York. The hearings were held under the motto "Ending Conflicts: Recipes for a Peaceful Future". During the event, the President of the UN General Assembly Dennis Francis and the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Axon delivered keynote speeches. The parliamentary hearings brought together more than 300 parlia...

The outcome document of the International Forum entitled “Dialogue is a guarantee of peace”, which was held in Ashgabat on 11 December 2023, was published and distributed in the six official languages of the UN as an official document of the 78th session of the General Assembly. The full text of the document can be found at the following link https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A/78/694. The document was issued under the agenda items of the current UNGA session "Culture of peace", “Pea...

On January 23, 2024, a High-Level Briefing to Member States on UN Office of Counter-Terrorism's projects in Central Asia was organized at the UN headquarters. The briefing was attended by Under-Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Vladimir Voronkov, Executive Director of the Executive Directorate of the UN Counter-terrorism Committee (UN CTC) Natalia Gherman, Special representative of the UN Secretary General, Head of the UN Regional Center for...

The national position statement on climate change and environmental security, made by the President of Turkmenistan during the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai on December 1-2, 2023, was published and distributed in the six official languages of the UN as an official document of the 78th session of the General Assembly. The full text of the document can be found at the following link https://undoc...