On April 10, 2023, the 56th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development began its work at the UN headquarters in New York, in which representatives of the State Committee of Turkmenistan on Statistics take part.
The Commission, established in 1946, is a functional body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and also reviews and evaluates the implementation of the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), adopted in 1994 in Cairo.
The agenda of the session, which will last until April 14, includes topical issues related to the effective implementation of the ICPD Program of Action and its main lines of action at the national, regional and global levels, the further implementation of internationally agreed development goals, including articulated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The session will include high-level general debates, ministerial round tables and other meetings that will address a range of population and development issues.
The delegation of Turkmenistan, during the speech in the framework of the general debate, presented the national experience and achievements of the country in the field of population, as well as outlined a number of proposals for strengthening multilateral cooperation in this area, both at the regional and global levels.
In particular, the joint work of the Government of Turkmenistan and UN agencies on the organization and successful conduct of a complete population and housing census of Turkmenistan in December 2022 was noted. At the same time, it was emphasized that the results of the census will be used in the formation of the socio-economic policy of the state, reliable and high-quality statistical information.
Turkmenistan was elected to the UN Commission on Population and Development for the period 2020-2024 in 2019.
