On March 25, 2022, during the Government meeting of the country, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov reported to the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov that at the 61st plenary meeting of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held on March 15 this year, at the initiative of our country, the Resolution “Integrating mass cycling into public transport systems to achieve sustainable development” was unanimously adopted.
In addition, at this meeting, Turkmenistan was elected a member of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the period of 2022-2028.
The resolution, co-sponsored by 62 states, was adopted unanimously. The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulated the President of Turkmenistan on the foreign policy victory and stressed that the adoption by the UN General Assembly of this resolution initiated by Turkmenistan was another confirmation of the careful attitude of the state to the issues of strengthening the health of the people, the formation of physically strong and spiritually rich youth through the development of physical culture and sports at the world level, approval in society principles of a healthy lifestyle.As is known, in 2018, at the initiative of Turkmenistan, the UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution on the establishment of June 3 as World Bicycle Day. This is evidence of the full recognition of the political course pursued by Turkmenistan to strengthen peace, friendship and fruitful interaction on the planet.The election of Turkmenistan as a member of the UN Commission on International Trade Law for the period of 2022-2028 has become a significant event, increasing the international authority of the country. This is especially important that this event coincided with the period of unanimous approval at the regular meeting of the General Council of the World Trade Organization by the member states of this Council of the relevant application of Turkmenistan and the decision to grant it the status of an acceding country to the WTO.The adoption of the next resolution of the UN General Assembly and the election of Turkmenistan to one of the important bodies of the UN system is another evidence of the growing authority of our country in the world, a clear confirmation of the correctness and validity of the course chosen by our country for international cooperation in solving urgent problems of the modern world, the correspondence of our policy to the interests of security, progress and sustainable development.