On June 23, 2021, the opening of the International Forum of Global Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals took place in Bukhara.
It was attended in a traditional and online form by the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Peter Lord Bowness, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking States Altynbek Mamayusupov, The Chairman of the CIS Statistical Committee V.L. Sokolin, heads and members of parliaments of foreign countries, inter-parliamentary organizations, representatives of youth parliaments, state bodies, international organizations, NGOs, mass media, experts from research institutions. Also taking part in this event is the Deputy Chairman of the State Statistics Committee for Social Statistics Ziyadullaev Mahmudjon Dzhurakulovich.
At the event, Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis T. Narbayeva read out the congratulations of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.Mirziyoyev.
As noted in the President's congratulation, for the first time organized at the initiative of Uzbekistan, the forum will become an effective platform for discussing the participation of parliaments in achieving global goals, strengthening relations of inter-parliamentary cooperation.
At the opening ceremony, the Chairperson of the Upper House of the Parliament of the Republic of Uzbekistan T. Narbayeva noted that the forum is being held within the framework of the initiative of the head of state on the adoption of a special resolution of the UN General Assembly on increasing the role of parliaments in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and ensuring human rights, which was voiced from the high rostrum of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is of vital importance, the Sustainable Development Goals have become one of the priority areas for building a new Uzbekistan for the next five years.
In particular, the national goals and objectives in the field of sustainable development for the period up to 2030 and their indicators were approved, the Coordination Council for their implementation was created and the corresponding "Road Map" was approved.
Thanks to this, over the past period, strategies and concepts have been adopted and consistently implemented that determine the development prospects of almost all the most important socio-economic spheres for the next 5-10 years.
Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Nurdinjon Ismailov, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union M. Chungong, Chairman of the UN Economic and Social Council M. Akram, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Peter Lord Bowness, Secretary General of the Assembly of Turkic-speaking states A. Mamayusupov, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Asia Mohammad Rezo Majidi, UN Resident Coordinator in our country H. Fraser and other guests.
The global forum will hear reports, proposals and recommendations of members of the European Parliament, parliaments of Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Latvia, Bulgaria, South Korea, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, as well as experts from more than 30 international organizations.
The main thematic areas of the international forum are:
The role of parliament in ensuring the effective implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Financing activities for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Formation of statistical indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Participation of civil society institutions and the public in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
The importance of parliamentary oversight, monitoring and evaluation in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Development of international dialogue and global cooperation between the world's parliaments on the path to sustainable development.
You can watch this international forum online through the Youtube platform.
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