The summary document of the special event entitled “High-level dialogue on transport and energy connectivity for increasing development financing: the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport 2026–2035 – Ashgabat Platform for Energy Connectivity”, which was held on the margins of the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, on 23 April 2024, at Headquarters, was published and distributed in the six official languages of the UN as an official document of the...

The Inaugural United Nations New York-based Missions Games came to a triumphant end today with a grand closing ceremony held at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Games, organized by the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the UN, were held within the framework of the UN General Assembly Sustainable Development Week, and were dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Fragi. The Games were co-organized by the Permanent Missions of Australia,...

On April 29-30, 2024, the delegation of Turkmenistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ms. Mahri Bashimova, takes part in the 57th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development. The theme of this session is "Assessing the status of implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and its contribution to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development during the decade of...

On April 22-24, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Finance and Economy Mr. Serdar Jorayev took part in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up (FfD Forum). UN Secretary-General António Guterres, addressing the Forum, noted that financing is the foundation of development, but many developing countries are not able to provide the necessary investments in sustainable economic development, as well as in the development of nati...

On April 17, 2024, a High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Sustainable Transport, initiated by Turkmenistan, was held in New York. The meeting, convened by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Dennis Francis, within the framework of the Sustainable Development Week, was attended by the heads of specialized international organizations, national transport ministries, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions. President of the General Assembly, expressin...

On April 16, 2024, the first Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Sustainable Transport was held at the UN Headquarters under the chairmanship of Turkmenistan. The meeting was attended by transport ministers, heads and representatives of diplomatic missions to the UN of the member countries of the Group, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Mr. Li Junhua, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety Mr. Jean Todt, the Secretary General...

On April 9, 2024, during the Organizational Session of ECOSOC, elections to the subsidiary bodies of the Council were held. During the elections, ECOSOC members unanimously elected Turkmenistan as members of the Commission for Social Development for the 2025-2029 term. Thus, Turkmenistan will continue its functions as a member of the Commission, which it performs after its election in 2020.