On 20 April 2021, during the consecutive session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Turkmenistan was elected to the membership of the Executive Board of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for 2020-2024. UN-Women is a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly established in 2010 with the aim of rising the efficiency of the efforts of the UN System agencies working on the issues of gender equality and the expansion of the rights a...

Number of private producers developing agricultural production is growing in the north of the country like in other regions. More and more individuals and legal entities receive land plots for 99 years lease from special agricultural land funds. For example, 39 new farms, which have started produce crops from the state order on contractual base, were opened in Zähmet territorial unit, Ruhubelent district. More than two thousands hectares of land was given to them last year in total. Part of t...

In the period from 20 to 21 April 2021, a meeting of the 69th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was held in Geneva. The event brought together representatives at the level of ministers and deputy ministers from UNECE member countries to exchange best practices in the field of circular economy and set its course over the next two years. During the high-level segment on the topic "Encouraging the development of a circulating economy and sustainable use of natu...

On 21 April 2021, upon the invitation of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev took part in the virtual roundtable on climate change.    The event in participation of authorized representatives from dozens of world countries is taking place in the framework of the preparations to the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

People’s Writer of Turkmenistan Kara Seytliev (1915-1971) can be deservedly named a legendary figure. His versatile oeuvre greatly influenced the development of national literature, cinema and theater. Most of the poet’s poems were put to music by Turkmen composers and continue to be remembered and celebrated fifty years after his death. Kara Seytliev was born in the Turkmen countryside. He was given the name Kara (translates as ‘black’) in accordance with the then well-established tradition...

On 20 April 2021, the third session of the Council on Cooperation in the field of education between Turkmenistan and Turkey was held via videoconferencing. The delegations were headed by the Minister of Education of Turkmenistan Orazgeldi Gurbanov and the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Turkey Ziya Selcuk. The representatives of the relevant departments of the two countries also took part in the meeting. During the talks, the positive dynamics of Turkmen-Turkish collabora...

On April 19, 2021, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, a ceremony was held to present the WIPO Director General, Mr. Darren Tang, of the Instrument of Accession to the Patent Law Treaty (2000), signed by the President of  Turkmenistan.  During the ceremony, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN Office at Geneva A.Khaljanov noted Turkmenistan's commitment to constructive dialogue with authoritative international organiz...