Turkmen delegation participates in the CERD session

The Turkmen delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister V. Hajiyev is taking part in the 110th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the UN Office in Geneva. This is reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The delegation of Turkmenistan took the floor during the first day of the session on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The report noted positive changes in the political, economic, legal and sociocultural spheres of Turkmen society.

In order to combat racial discrimination, Turkmenistan is guided by the principles of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and pursues a policy of mutual understanding among peoples and the prevention of any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, descent or national or ethnic origin.