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Rashid MEREDOV

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first: 2001-09-24
most recent: 2019-09-24
sittings or episodes: 8
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“We consider the inauguration of the Centre as testimony of the great attention that the world community devotes to the processes occurring in Central Asia, clear understanding of the role and importance of our region in global international affairs and a desire to provide utmost positive assistance in tackling regional problems. In the long run, that activity will be aimed at achieving the long-term goal of ensuring the security, stability and sustainable development of the States and peoples of the Central Asian region. Moreover, we believe that close interaction of neighbouring countries is one of the most decisive factors. In that context, by closely adhering to its international obligations as a permanently neutral State, Turkmenistan stands for developing good- neighbourly cooperation with all the countries of the region.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In that context, Turkmenistan is prepared to organize in 5 08-53135 2009 an international conference on that problem under United Nations auspices in Ashgabat, our country’s capital. This year has witnessed an important event in the life of Central Asia that, I believe, may have a considerable positive impact on the situation in the region. I mean by that the commencement of the functioning of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia. The inauguration of the Centre gave an impetus to the new stage of strategic partnership of Central Asian countries with the United Nations in undertaking a set of measures aimed at preventing conflicts and eliminating their underlying causes.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“On that basis, Turkmenistan has launched an initiative aimed at elaborating, under United Nations auspices, a unique document defining the legal basis and security guarantees for the functioning of international pipelines. As a preliminary step towards implementing that initiative, Turkmenistan has prepared a draft resolution on the reliability of energy transit and its role in ensuring stable economic development and international cooperation, which is being proposed for consideration at the sixty-third session of the Assembly. Support for that draft resolution may provide a good stepping stone for the future and demonstrate the principled readiness of the world community seriously to resolve those issues.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Such problems often interrupt or reduce supplies of fuel, in particular oil and natural gas, and result in major financial losses and higher prices for energy supplies, with a negative impact on the development of the world economy. Therefore, it has become increasingly urgent to coordinate the efforts of States to establish a unified system of energy security. To that end, we must develop an appropriate international legal framework and effective partnership mechanisms, including for the protection of energy transportation systems. It appears that this problem affects us all, be they energy producers, transit countries or consumers.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“At the same time, ensuring energy security is not simply a matter of increasing the pace of hydrocarbon extraction, developing new deposits or expanding the infrastructure for transporting and delivering energy supplies to end users. We must take into account other factors of that system, such as political stability, the situation in world markets and the presence of security guarantees for international pipelines. Adequate security for energy infrastructure facilities also implies a decrease in their vulnerability to the impact of natural and man-made disasters, potential risks connected to changes in the military and political situation in certain regions of the world, threats from international terrorists, and the unauthorized siphoning of transported energy resources.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In that connection, we take a highly responsible approach to developing international cooperation on the basis of our national interests and the needs of our partners. Turkmenistan’s policy, of diversifying supplies of hydrocarbon materials and ensuring energy security has become an important factor in that approach. It is apparent that major investments are needed to develop an effective and stable system of global energy security and that a considerable share of those investments should be directed towards the transportation of hydrocarbons and the protection of energy infrastructure. In order to ensure adequate supplies to the world energy markets, we will also need a highly developed infrastructure of international pipeline networks.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Undoubtedly, the General Assembly will help to consolidate efforts of Member States for the effective implementation of such measures. Turkmenistan supports close cooperation with the United Nations in adopting comprehensive measures for collective interaction to address the most pressing issues of our times. In that connection, we believe it necessary to consider qualitatively new factors in ensuring security. Energy security has become an integral component of the global security system. The availability and accessibility of fuel and energy resources, their free delivery to international markets and effective use by consumers have become major factors in the development of the world economy as a whole. As a major oil and natural gas producer, Turkmenistan holds a prominent place in the global energy system.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In that connection, the signing of the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, which was prepared and adopted under the aegis of the United Nations in 2006, has become an important element in the efforts of the world community to resolve the issue. Today, we must all take a fresh look at the existing system for maintaining international peace and security. The current situation and emerging trends call for an adequate approach and the formulation of comprehensive measures, and the community of nations should take part in their implementation. I am confident that ongoing discussions and deliberations at this session will provide us with an opportunity to take stock of the entire panorama of the contemporary world through the prism of ensuring a safe life for States and peoples.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a pressing issue on the international agenda that is connected with ensuring peace and security. Our country plays an active role in identifying non-proliferation measures and takes practical steps for their implementation at the national and international levels. As a party to the Treaty on the 08-53135 4 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and other very important international legal instruments in that sphere, Turkmenistan has joined international initiatives aimed at preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“On top of that, the world community is facing global issues relating to energy and food security. Turkmenistan is a principled and active participant in the process to identify joint actions aimed at resolving the most pressing problems of our time. In that context, we regard the need to intensify international action to ensure peace and security as a priority task. The fight against terrorism is one of the most important aspects of that problem. Turkmenistan, as a party to major United Nations instruments to combat international terrorism and organized crime, supports the Organization’s efforts to develop a global strategy to fight terrorism and stands ready to provide its practical assistance to the international community in that regard.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The United Nations, which is mandated to discuss and resolve issues relating to the maintenance of international peace and security, is currently at one of the most critical moments in its history. That is especially evident against the background of current developments at the global and regional levels. The diversity of contemporary challenges and threats calls for the adequate preparation of a whole range of approaches to prevent them through cooperation among all Member States. Today, we need solid measures to counter and fight such global challenges as international terrorism, human trafficking, organized crime, illegal drug trafficking and the threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We are also witnessing the effects of climate change and environmental degradation.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“I warmly greet and congratulate the members of the Assembly as we begin our work at the sixty-third session. First of all, I would like to convey to representatives and the peoples of their countries the wishes for peace and prosperity of His Excellency Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, President of Turkmenistan. Allow me to congratulate the esteemed President, Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, on his election to that high and responsible post and to wish him success in organizing the fruitful work of the General Assembly at this sixty-third session. Allow me also to thank Mr. Srgjan Kerim for his successful leadership of the Assembly at its previous session and for his active collaboration with the delegations.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“For example, Turkmenistan is ready to provide United Nations agencies with resources to expand their presence in the region by opening headquarters and other major offices of United Nations agencies in our capital. The diversity and complexity of the tasks facing the States Members of the United Nations is self- evident. Carrying them out requires not only collective efforts but also unambiguous awareness of the individual role and responsibility of each country of the international community. Turkmenistan adheres to that logic of political behaviour, with the objective of strengthening peace and promoting economic, social and cultural development.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Turkmenistan favours making the Caspian Sea a zone of peace, stability and sustainable international cooperation. We share the view that, in the twenty-first century, the United Nations system needs rational reform. We favour such United Nations reform, but only in terms of strengthening and broadening the Organization’s role in the world. In this context, an important issue is ensuring maximum representation of States in the United Nations, in the broader community of nations, in the specialized agencies and in the United Nations system in general. In addition, the United Nations should make full use of the potential and advantages of Member States.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“These relate first and foremost to the exploration of the Caspian Sea’s richest fields of hydrocarbon resources and are linked not only to the interests of the countries of the region but to those of many other States and transnational companies. Our policy is aimed at merging those interests. It is a well-known fact that the oil and natural gas reserves of the Caspian Sea are the planet’s most important energy resources for the twenty-first century. Their reasonable and effective exploration and the construction of pipeline infrastructure to transport them to world markets would ensure significant economic growth in many States and the well-being of their peoples. Effective economic activity on the Caspian Sea is closely linked to ensuring stability in the Caspian region.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Here, I would like to note that the United Nations, using its broad international authority, could have worked out a system of political and legal guarantees to ensure conditions favourable to the project. It is important to recall that in the past Turkmenistan proposed, from this rostrum, an initiative to formulate and adopt under the aegis of the United Nations an international convention on a regime governing the functioning of inter-State pipelines, and associated guarantees. We believe that such a document would make it possible to create a dependable political and legal mechanism to ensure the transportation of raw materials to world markets. On the question of implementing a secure development strategy and enhancing cooperation in the region, I would like to underscore issues of international cooperation regarding the Caspian Sea.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“In October 2003, in Ashkhabad, the first round of a forum on conflict prevention and sustainable development for Central Asia took place under the aegis of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In the context of strengthening the effectiveness of instruments of preventive diplomacy, we believe it to be useful and advisable to create a United Nations centre on preventive diplomacy in the Central Asian region. Turkmenistan is ready to provide full assistance towards locating it in our nation’s capital. An important stage in intensifying regional cooperation was the preparation of the trans-Afghan — or Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan — gas pipeline project. Turkmenistan welcomes the interest of large companies and financial and industrial groups in that major project.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“The issue here is about the creation of an inter- State body at the highest level for holding regular consultations and working out joint decisions on relevant issues that directly affect the fate of the countries of the region and the real needs of the people that inhabit those regions. These are, first of all, issues 7 of cooperation in trade and the economy, energy supply, border trade, transportation and humanitarian issues. In our view, this mechanism for multilateral consultations at the head-of-State level would promote the development and implementation of agreed actions by parties on the basis of mutual interest and would allow for creation of the most effective system of rational interaction.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“At the crossroads of the twentieth and twenty- first centuries, our region, Central Asia, has moved into the forefront of the international community’s attention. How multilateral dialogue will take place on problems of this region to a great extent will determine the prospects for peace and security on a global scale. Aware of its full responsibility to the international community, Turkmenistan attaches utmost importance to the role of the United Nations in stepping up regional and interregional dialogue in seeking solutions to potential problems. In this regard, I should like to draw the Assembly’s attention to the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan regarding the creation of a Central Asian regional consultative council of heads of State.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“The proposal was made by representatives of several countries without having visited Turkmenistan, without having studied the situation on the ground, without taking into account the significant initiatives of the Government of Turkmenistan in this sphere and without having first acquainted the Turkmen side with its contents. Such attempts at a one-sided consideration of serious questions is, in our view, unacceptable, and it is not in keeping with constructive cooperation in this sphere. The adoption of hasty decisions does not make a positive contribution to constructive dialogue. This is extremely important, particularly in the light of the principle of mutual respect for States, one of the dominating principles in the system of values professed by the United Nations.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“On our invitation, in March 2004, Turkmenistan was visited by a group of experts from the OHCHR, who, together with the Turkmen side, drew up specific areas for cooperation and rendered assistance in work on the further development of this human dimension, among which was methodological and legal assistance in the preparation of national reports on United Nations conventions in the field of human rights. We intend to continue our efforts regarding these issues and are ready to cooperate with all of the United Nations agencies and other international organizations. Against the backdrop of such effective interaction, we are concerned that in 2003 the General Assembly’s Third Committee considered a draft resolution regarding human rights in Turkmenistan.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“There is guaranteed freedom of registration and activity of religious organizations and groups, in accordance with universally recognized international law, regardless of the number of adherents or of their faith. A number of very important legislative acts were adopted regarding these issues, in accordance with which, at the present time in Turkmenistan, there are various religious faiths registered and functioning. As for the human dimension, Turkmenistan has intensified its work with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“During the years of independence, we have worked to create genuine guarantees for the implementation of personal, political, economic, social and other rights of citizens. The personal rights of citizens have been specifically reflected in Turkmenistan’s laws and law enforcement practice concerning such matters as the abolition of the death penalty, the banning of searches on citizens and the banning of the adoption of ad hoc decisions in pressing criminal charges. Through practical action, Turkmenistan reaffirms the implementation of these legal acts. Every year in our country, by presidential decree, there is a widespread amnesty, the next to take place in just a month. As a result, more than 9,000 people will be amnestied. Today in Turkmenistan there are no restrictions whatsoever on travel of its citizens abroad.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“6 A clear example of the strategic partnership of Turkmenistan with the United Nations was the signing of our country’s Government in February of 2004 of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework to promote development for 2005-2009. A significant feature of this document is the fact that it fully coincides with the national priorities and interests of Turkmenistan, as defined by the National Development Strategy of our country for the period until 2020. It aims at resolving global objectives within the framework of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. One of the important components of Turkmenistan’s policy is the human dimension. Our country is conducting joint work with international organizations in this area.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“In this context, we would like to express our gratitude for cooperation extended to us by such United Nations specialized agencies as the United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the United Nations Population Fund. Through interaction with these agencies, the Government of Turkmenistan is implementing a number of major projects that are yielding specific results in the social sphere, health care, education, the environment, combating illicit drug trafficking and a number of other areas. Turkmenistan will continue to maintain close ties with these United Nations agencies in the quest for and implementation of new possibilities for cooperation.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Further involvement of the role of the United Nations is becoming clearer against the backdrop of the present development of both global and regional processes that require the concentration of collective efforts and the adoption of decisions, taking into account a multitude of interests. Here, the fundamental principles of international cooperation enshrined in the Charter and the criteria tested by time concerning maintaining the balance of interests are a high priority for us. By following such a policy, Turkmenistan always attempts fully to utilize the potential of the community of nations and institutions in proposing and implementing foreign policy initiatives. We see vast potential in the close partnership with the United Nations and its specialized structures in implementing joint programmes and projects.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Here, Turkmenistan favours effective implementation of a broad-ranging system of measures to combat terrorism, including active cooperation in finding and bringing to justice the organizers and perpetrators of terrorist acts. To counteract international terrorism, and to protect the rights and freedoms of our citizens, we must be able to forestall each of its manifestations and counter it, not only through universal unanimous condemnation, but also through a high degree of professionalism of law enforcement agencies, and also through the active use of the entire international legal array of instruments drawn up within the framework of the United Nations.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Despite the fact that terrorism is multifaceted, its nature is one and the same, and at its roots lie a doctrinaire egoism which has been raised by its followers to the highest level of evil, intolerance and cruelty. Terrorism recognizes no State and no nationality; it is not affiliated with any religion or culture. This is why the war on terrorism and terrorists must be conducted through joint efforts. It is precisely through the close coordination of actions of members of the international community, on the basis of norms of international law, that the establishment of a situation in the world can be conducted in such a way that any manifestation of terrorism will be punished and, as a result, it will be possible to take effective measures to combat it.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“In that context, Turkmenistan not only firmly condemns any act of terrorism in any part of the world, but also is undertaking specific legislative and practical measures aimed at fighting that evil and preventing it from spreading. That is particularly relevant, given that the security conditions of the world community are determined by each country’s actual contribution to the strengthening of its own internal stability, together with cooperation at the collective level. This is why we believe that there is a need today to draw up a qualitatively new dimension, both between individual States and within the framework of their joint activity in international organizations.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“With regard to those issues, Turkmenistan has often become a centre where, under the aegis of the United Nations and with the participation of its Special Representatives, effective negotiations have been carried out to resolve complex situations that have taken place in the countries of our region. During the present general debate, it has been noted several times that one of today’s major threats to international security and stability is terrorism. Following the events of 11 September 2001, Turkmenistan was one of the first countries to support the United Nations initiative of establishing an international coalition to fight terrorism, in which we have taken an active part.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Our ability to elaborate and implement qualitatively new approaches to interaction within the community of nations will largely determine the degree to which security and stability are maintained throughout the world. In that context, an immutable principle and basic direction for Turkmenistan’s foreign policy remains the strengthening and development of close cooperation with the United 5 Nations. I should like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his constant support for the peace-loving foreign policy of Turkmenistan. We should note that among the priority areas of our country’s cooperation with the United Nations are maintaining international peace and security and preventing or resolving conflicts through political means and processes.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“I should like at the outset to express my sincere gratitude for the honour to speak from this rostrum and to convey, on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan, Mr. Saparmurat Niyazov, best wishes for peace and prosperity to the peoples of all nations. I should also like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to that lofty and responsible post and to wish him every success in fruitfully guiding the work of the fifty-ninth session. The events taking place in the world today, which are influencing the development of every region and every country, attest to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the meaning of the historical process under new conditions.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Turkmenistan believes that the Caspian Sea area should be a zone of peace, stability and sustained 39 international cooperation based on the principles of justice and mutual respect. It is clear that the problems now faced by Member States of the United Nations are complex and manifold. Their solution is possible not only through collective efforts but also through the necessary recognition of the individual role and responsibility of each nation as a member of the world community. It is this logic of political behaviour that Turkmenistan has in mind when it limits itself to the goals of strengthening peace and promoting economic, social and cultural development. Our country is always ready for constructive partnership, and the United Nations knows that it can always rely on Turkmenistan.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Their rational and effective exploitation, and the construction of an appropriate pipeline infrastructure to deliver these energy supplies to world markets, will ensure considerable economic growth for many States and the welfare of their people. The United Nations can play an important role in this process, as it is capable of creating a mechanism to guarantee the safe and unimpeded transportation of such raw materials along inter-State pipelines. As the Assembly will recall, Turkmenistan put forward this idea at the Millennium Summit and suggested that an international convention should be worked out in this regard. Effective economic activity in the Caspian is inherently linked to ensuring stability in the Caspian region.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“As to the implementation of a strategy for peaceful development and cooperation in the region, I would like to stress that the foreign policy of neutrality pursued by Turkmenistan from the beginning follows precisely this path. This point also touches on the question of exploiting the valuable hydrocarbon deposits of the Caspian Sea Basin, which involves not only regional interests but also the interests of many other nations of the world as well as those of trans- national companies. It is our policy to take those interests into account. Naturally, the oil and natural gas deposits in the Caspian Sea are extremely important energy resources for the twenty-first century.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“We are greatly concerned over the situation in Afghanistan and the ongoing armed conflict in that country, which affects stability as well as social and economic development in the region. Turkmenistan shares the view that there is no alternative to a peaceful resolution of the Afghanistan question through negotiations. That is why we are convinced that the road to peace in this long-suffering country lies in political negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations. In this respect, we greatly appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General to enhance the role of the United Nations in finding a solution to the Afghan crisis, because it is precisely the United Nations that must play a role in working out international legal mechanisms to resolve the situation in Afghanistan.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Action needs to be closely coordinated by the members of the international community on the basis of international law, ensuring that no manifestation of terrorism in this world will go unpunished and making possible effective and legitimate measures to combat this evil. Given what has happened, our country has cooperated actively with the United Nations in providing transportation through Turkmenistan for humanitarian supplies being sent to Afghanistan by United Nations specialized humanitarian relief agencies, including UNICEF, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme, as well as other governmental and non- governmental organizations. Turkmenistan’s constructive position has received general support from the United Nations and the majority of States in the world.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“It was with tremendous grief that the people of Turkmenistan heard the news from America. The President of Turkmenistan, on behalf of the people of our country, expressed sincere condolences to the families and relatives of victims, and he addressed words of consolation and compassion to all Americans. These acts of terror have been unconditionally condemned in our country. The Government of Turkmenistan was one of the first to make a statement in support of international efforts to combat terrorism effectively. Turkmenistan recommended uniting such efforts under the auspices of the United Nations.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“We consider interaction with United Nations bodies and agencies to be an important and useful instrument in our regional, economic, cultural and informational cooperation, as well as in our joint efforts with the Governments of neighbouring countries to implement other international programmes of various types. All of this undoubtedly fosters neighbourly relations and partnership ties in the region. Therefore, our country intends to focus in the future on maintaining the closest possible contact with the offices of United Nations specialized agencies, whose importance continues to grow. Along these lines, I should like to draw particular attention to the situation that has emerged in our region since the tragic events of 11 September in the United States.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Our Government and the United Nations Development Programme jointly carry out a number of large-scale projects in the social and economic spheres that have yielded good results for the environment and many other areas, including health, education and ecology. Our cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United 38 Nations Population Fund and other agencies has been most effective. Turkmenistan will continue to maintain close ties with these important agencies of the United Nations in the search for new avenues of cooperation.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In this connection, we believe that international law and the United Nations Charter, which is based on principles of peace, equality, respect for nations and for their rights and sovereignty and choosing their own way of development, continue to serve as the basis for the world order in this new century. This belief reflects our principles as a neutral State, the entire philosophy of our country’s foreign policy and our practice in this decade-long participation in regional and international affairs. Turkmenistan attaches the utmost importance to its cooperation with the United Nations and its specialized agencies.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In our view the main aspect of this new drive is respect for the overall balance of interests on the basis of the fundamental criteria underpinning the functioning of the Organization, its ideals, the letter and the spirit of the United Nations Charter. It is our firm belief that the United Nations has proven over the years of its existence that it represents the most effective and just mechanism for resolving international issues. It is the mainstay of the whole system of international stability and security. Turkmenistan has always stood for, and continues to stand for, the strengthening and expansion of the United Nations role in the world.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Taking advantage of this opportunity, I would like to convey to the heads of delegations present here and to the representatives of the member States of the United Nations the words of gratitude from President Niyazov and assure you of Turkmenistan’s unswerving commitment to its international obligations as a permanently neutral State. Relations with the United Nations, based on close cooperation and strict observance of the fundamental principles of the Organization, have been and remain at the fore of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy strategy. For us, the United Nations is the main and universal decision-making entity for the most crucial problems of global development. We share the view of the Organization itself that providing it with a new impetus in view of the rapidly changing realities of today’s world is of the utmost relevance.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Turkmenistan is participating in the work of the United Nations General Assembly for the tenth time as an independent entity in international relations and for the sixth time as a State whose status of neutrality has been recognized by the community of nations. Since the adoption of the General Assembly resolution 50/80 on the Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan, which is of historic significance for us, our young State has consistently witnessed the support of the United Nations in striving for peace and in our foreign policy initiatives aimed at strengthening peace, security and stability.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“First of all, on behalf of the Turkmenistan delegation, I would like to express my deep condolences to the families and relatives of the victims of the air crash that happened yesterday in New York. I have the honour, on behalf of Mr. Saparmurat Niyazov, the President of Turkmenistan, to congratulate the United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, and I wish the United Nations every success in its effective and highly competent work aimed at solving the thorniest problems affecting today’s world. Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. We are confident that your experience and knowledge will expedite the work of the General Assembly most effectively.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)