The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Migration Service of Turkmenistan is participating to the 70th Session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Programme which is being held in the UN office building in Geneva during the period of October 7-11, 2019.   The session was opened by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Programme, Ambassador of Algeria Mr.Boudjemaa Delmi. After the opening...

On October 4, 2019, the meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia Ryszard Komenda. During the meeting, the parties discussed the cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN OHCHR including the implementation of assumed obligations and the execution of human rights conventions in which Turkmenistan takes part. The guest highly appraised the readiness of the country to participat...

On October 3, 2019, the official representatives of Turkmenistan made a statement on the occasion of the adoption of the UNGA resolution “2021 - International Year of Peace and Confidence” at the regular meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council. In the statement, it was noted that on September 12, 2019, at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, on the initiative of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Resolution “2021 - International Year of Peace and Confid...

On the 30th of September 2019, the delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment Protection as well as the Governor of the Ahal region of Turkmenistan arrived to the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London. The meetings of the Turkmen delegation with the Prime-minister’s Special Trade Envoy for Turkmenistan Baroness Emma Nicholson, as well as in the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom to...

On September 30, 2019, the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan with the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was held in the framework of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New-York. In the beginning of the meeting, the warm greetings on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan were conveyed.  During the constructive talks, the parties touched upon a wide range of issues pertaining to cooperation of Turkmenistan with the UN. The United Nati...

On September 30, 2019, at the UN headquarters, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan signed the Code of Conduct for achieving the World Free of Terrorism. The accession of Turkmenistan to the above international act was another confirmation of our country's strict commitment to fulfill the obligations arising from multilateral documents in the field of combating terrorism.

During his working visit to New-York, on the 30th of September 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan had a meeting with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Head of Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov. The parties discussed the cooperation of Turkmenistan with the United Nations on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. In particular, the parties discussed the variety of issues related to the development of multilateral partnership...