The Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention is being held at UNESCO Headquarters
On 30 May 2023, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to UNESCO, M.Chariev attended the Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. During the opening session, the Assistant Director-General for Culture, Ernesto Ottone Ramires, welcomed and congratulated the new members of the Convention, Tur...
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"The 300th anniversary of the birth of the poet Magtymguly Fragi" will be included in the list of memorable dates in the celebration of UNESCO for 2024-2025
The Executive Board of UNESCO, at its 216th session, approved proposals from Member States regarding anniversaries in which UNESCO could take part in events in 2024-2025. Following the discussion, the Executive Board decided and recommended to the General Conference to authorize UNESCO to take part in the celebration of 46 anniversaries. Among them, the proposal submitted by Turkmenistan with the support of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkiye, Uzbekistan and...
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The 216th session of the UNESCO Executive Board was held at UNESCO Headquarters
The 216th session of the UNESCO Executive Board was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 10 to 24 May 2023. The Executive Board of UNESCO is the organization's main decision-making body, responsible for strategic decisions and overseeing its activities. During this session, various issues related to UNESCO's mandate and priorities were considered and discussed. The participants of the session included representatives of the Member States of UNESCO, experts and delegat...
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The delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in a side event within the framework of the 32nd session of the UN Commission
Within the framework of the 32nd session of the UN Commission on crime prevention and criminal justice, a side event "Significance of mutual dialogue and multilateral instruments in crime prevention" was held. Representatives of UNODC, UNRCCA, Judicial cooperation network for Central Asia and Southern Caucasus, known as CASC network, the UNTOC Review Mechanism Secretariat, countries of Central Asia and other regions took an active part in this side event, organized within...
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Collection of manuscripts of Magtymguly Fragi inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register
The Executive Board of UNESCO during its 216th session, held on 10-24 May 2023 at UNESCO headquarters, approved applications for new documentary heritage objects, decisions on which were adopted by the International Advisory Committee for inclusion in the International Memory of the World Register. On May 24, 2023, the UNESCO Executive Board adopted a unanimous decision to include new documentary collections in the list. Thus, 64 documentary collections have been included...
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Baku hosted a conference dedicated to the work of Magtymguly
On May 19, 2023, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan, with the support of the Ministry of science and education of this country, held an international online research conference called "Magtymguly Fragi and World Literature" at the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. Representatives of the Ministry of education, the Academy of sciences of Turkmenistan and the Magtymguly Turkmen State University, as well as the Ministry of science and education, t...
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The delegation of Turkmenistan takes part in the session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
On May 22-26, 2023, a delegation led by the Deputy Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan takes part in the 32nd session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ). The theme for this year's discussion by the Commission is "Improving the performance of the criminal justice system to ensure access to justice and build a safe and secure society". At the opening of the session, the President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Kӧrösi...
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