Turkmenistan to participate in the ECOSOC Political Forum in New York
The delegation of Turkmenistan will participate in the high-level political forum on sustainable development under the auspices of ECOSOC, which will be held from 9 to 18 July this year at the UN headquarters in New York.
This forum plays the role of the main mechanism in the UN system for monitoring the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period until 2030.
This year, the Forum will consider the issues of providing the population with water resources and rational water use, access to reliable, stable and modern energy sources, as well as environmental issues, including combating desertification, preserving biodiversity, etc.
In addition, within the framework of the high-level meeting, it is planned to organize a presentation of the TAPI gas pipeline project and the relevant exhibition on July 18.
The political forum was established in 2013 by the UN General Assembly on the basis of the final document of the Rio + 20 Conference on Sustainable Development entitled "The Future We Want". The forum brings together all 193 states that are members of the UN, as well as more than 50 international organizations.
ORIENT previously reported that during the 96th meeting of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Turkmenistan was elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2019-2021.
