Ashgabat, 14 April 2022 – the United Nations and the Government of Turkmenistan met to review the progress made in 2021 within the framework of the Joint Programme “Empowering and Engaging the Youth to Mitigate the Multi-dimensional Threats of the Health Pandemic.” The Steering Committee meeting was chaired by Mr. Parahat Agayev, Deputy Minister of […]
Руководящий комитет Совместной программы обсудили результаты и следующие шаги по обеспечению ее устойчивости
Ашхабад, 30 марта 2022 г. Состоялось четвертое заседание Руководящего комитета Совместной программы по инклюзивным и качественным социальным услугам на местном уровне для рассмотрения прогресса и согласования дальнейших шагов по расширению достигнутых результатов для обеспечения устойчивости. Совещание, проведенное в режиме онлайн под сопредседательством Министра труда и социальной защиты населения Туркменистана г-на Мухамметсеита Сылапова и Постоянного координатора […]
UN-Turkmenistan – joint program steering committee reviews results and agrees on future steps to ensure sustainability
The fourth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Joint Programme on inclusive and quality community-based social services was held to review the progress and agree further steps towards scaling up of the achieved results to ensure the sustainability. Held online and co-chaired by Mr. Muhammetseyit Sylapov, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population […]
UN resolution initiated by Turkmenistan declares bicycle as tool for combating climate change
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution on 15 March 2022, declaring the bicycle a tool for combating climate change. The resolution, passed unanimously by 193 countries, was initiated by Turkmenistan. The non-binding resolution calls on member states to “integrate the bicycle into public transportation, in urban and rural settings in developing and developed countries.” […]
New regional UN report sounds alarm on widening disparities and increased vulnerabilities amid the pandemic
The need to reach those who are furthest behind has never been greater, reveals the 2022 Asia and the Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report issued today by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The report finds that average progress in the region disproportionately excludes some groups with […]
OGT 2021 – Statement by Mr. Dmitry Shlapachenko, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan
PLENARY SESSION: THE FUTURE OF ENERGY Dear Chairman, Excellencies, Distinguished Panel Members, Ladies and Gentlemen! Let me start by congratulating all the participants of the 26th International Conference, the Government and the people of Turkmenistan on the 30th anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan and the progress Turkmenistan is making in its development. I am delighted […]
The production of two types of сanal lining materials is established by the efforts of the United Nations Development Programme in Turkmenistan
Shohrat Niyazmuradov, UNDP Project Manager The need to reduce water losses due to canal infiltration and associated land salinization is common throughout the country, at all levels of the water management system, from long distribution lines to individual farms. But the cost and effort required for lining over 40,000 km of supply and drainage canals […]
Second UN Global Conference on Sustainable Transport
nCa Report The Second UN Global Conference on Sustainable Transport, a three-day event hosted virtually by Beijing started on Thursday, 14 October 2021. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan was among the speakers on the first day of the conference. It is worth noting that the First UN Global Conference on Sustainable Transport was hosted by […]
Resolution initiated by Turkmenistan was adopted unanimously during the plenary session of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly
On the 2nd of August, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov reported to the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov that during the 96th plenary meeting of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, the Draft Resolution initiated by Turkmenistan entitled “Strengthening the links between […]
The states of Central Asia will continue rendering assistance to Afghanistan in cooperation with the UN
Today, on July 7, a Ministerial meeting on the Afghan issues was held with the participation of the heads of external policy agencies of the countries of Central Asia through videoconferencing. The organizers of the dialogue were the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan […]