The delegation headed by the Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics takes part in the 8th session of the High-Level Statistical Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), which takes place on August 23-25 this year in Bangkok, Thailand .
For reference: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established on March 28, 1947. The headquarters of the commission is located in Bangkok. ESCAP is the largest of the five UN regional commissions in terms of geographical coverage and population. The Commission consists of 53 voting countries, including eight CIS countries (Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). The Republic of Uzbekistan has been an active member of this commission since July 31, 1992.
Accountable commissions of 9 sectoral committees, including the Committee on Statistics, work on issues of intersectoral cooperation. The Committee on Statistics is the statistical executive body of ESCAP. The Bureau of the Statistical Committee is the highest body authorized to make important decisions about the activities of the Committee and manage its sessions.
The conference will consider the experience of member states in improving the statistical system, implementing regional innovation initiatives, statistical aspects of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, coordinating positions within organizations, expanding the interactive dialogue between statistical systems and other issues.
Issues included in the agenda of the 8th session of the ESCAP Statistical Committee:
- achieved results in the development of national statistical systems in the region:
- work on the development of national statistical systems based on the adopted documents and declarations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for the period up to 2030;
- Implementation of the initiative "Full reflection of the situation in statistics" on keeping records of the vital movement of the population and registration of citizenship.
- regional initiatives and results of cooperation.
The agenda of the session includes bilateral meetings of the delegation of Uzbekistan with the leadership of the Statistical Committee of ESCAP and the Institute of Statistics (UNISAP), as well as with the heads of statistical departments of Malaysia, India and Korea.
The session will include a presentation by the Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, Doctor of Economics, Professor Bakhodir Abdusalomovich Begalov on the topic “The Statistical System of Uzbekistan”.
Based on the results of the meetings and the agreements reached, a Roadmap for their implementation will be developed.
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