A MEETING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF A FRAMEWORK COOPERATION PROGRAMME BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN AND THE UN IN THE SPHERE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR 2021-2025

On December 7, 2021, an online meeting of Joint Steering and Coordinating Committee on implementation of a Framework Cooperation Programme between Turkmenistan and the UN in the sphere of Sustainable Development for 2021-2025 was held.

The meeting was attended by the leaders and officers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, representatives of corresponding ministries and agencies of the country, as well as the heads and representatives of the UN agencies working in Ashgabat.

In the course of the meeting the further steps on the development of interaction of Turkmenistan with the UN and its specialized agencies were considered, which covers practically all key spheres – from providing security to the issues of gender equality, from ecologic problems to the protection of the migrants’ rights.

In particular, the issues of the implementation of a Framework Cooperation Programme were discussed. Besides that, the significance of the implementation of joint projects od social-economic character and activation of multilateral interaction in the field of a medical diplomacy were underlined.