On November 8, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov received Ms. Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, TDH reports.
During the meeting, the Assistant United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees presented the head of state with the relevant certificate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and cordially congratulated him on this achievement. The document notes that while recognizing the great achievements in eliminating statelessness in Turkmenistan, the Office highly appreciates the work carried out to protect the rights to citizenship for all residents of the country.
Ms. Ruvendrini Menikdiwela took the opportunity to convey to the President of Turkmenistan warm greetings from UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. In this context, it was noted that the UN attaches great importance to cooperation with neutral Turkmenistan, which promotes initiatives to strengthen global peace and trust.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov thanked for the kind words and addressed his best wishes to the UN top leadership.
The head of state expressed confidence that the presentation of the relevant certificate confirming the achievements in the elimination of statelessness in Turkmenistan and the Central Asian Ministerial Conference on Statelessness, which the guest will attend during her visit, will be an important step in expanding ties between Turkmenistan and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The President of Turkmenistan noted that appropriate measures to ensure the rights of refugees and stateless persons are carried out at a high level in our country. Special attention is paid to the eradication of statelessness and improvement of the legal framework in this direction, the head of state said.
It was emphasized that specific activities are implemented within the framework of the "National Action Plan for 2019-2024 on the elimination of statelessness in Turkmenistan".
As noted, more than 32,000 people living in Turkmenistan who are not citizens of any State and more than 5,000 foreign citizens and stateless persons have received residence permits.
This is clear evidence of Turkmenistan's full and successful compliance with the United Nations Conventions relating to the Status of Refugees, the Status of Stateless Persons and the Reduction of Statelessness.
Turkmenistan highly appreciates the activities of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in protecting the rights of stateless persons and refugees, the head of state emphasized, noting with satisfaction that our country was the first in the Central Asian region to be elected a permanent member of the Executive Committee of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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