Two new companion reports released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) provide the first global recommendations to help establish human genome editing as a tool for public health, with an emphasis on safety, effectiveness and ethics. The document, prepared by the group of 18 WHO experts that was established in 2018, provide advice and recommendations on appropriate institutional, national, regional and global governance mechanisms for human genome editing. According to WHO recomme...

Three daughters grew up in the family of People's Artists of Turkmenistan Murad Seyniyazov and Sakhriya Aliyeva. It would seem that the daughters were sure to be attracted by the scene, and their fates were predetermined - to follow in the footsteps of their parents. But in reality it turned out differently. One daughter - Bakhty - chose music, and after graduating from a music school, she became a music teacher. The other, Selvi, became an economist, although she dreamed of choreography and eve...

The largest Russian manufacturer and exporter of microelectronics "Mikron", which is a resident of the special economic zone (SEZ) of Moscow, begins to promote its products in Turkmenistan. This was reported the other day by RIA Novosti. According to the press service, an agreement on cooperation and implementation of joint technological projects was signed by the Mikron Group of Companies and the Turkmen manufacturer of electrical equipment Aýdyň gijeler. The agreements provide for the joint...

President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov presented 10 new ambulances to the children's departments of hospitals in the Balkan velayat. This happened during the working trip of the head of state to the region. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stopped in the city of Balkanabat at the city’s Emergency Ambulance Center, where he was greeted by health workers. Noting that caring for the health of the people, and especially the younger generation, is a priority of the state policy of Turkmenistan, the leader o...

By the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan Bashimov Atageldi Nepesovich was appointed deputy chairman of "Türkmenhimiýa" State Concern. Bashimov was appointed deputy chairman of "Türkmenhimiýa" State Concern (turkmenistan.gov.tm)

During the period of 13-14 July 2021, the Mid-term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) took place through videoconferencing.  Turkmenistan at the session was represented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev. This representative Conference has united the heads of external policy agencies of tens of world countries standing for the advancement of the goals of the Non-Aligned Movement. At the opening of the session, the participants listened...

On the 14th of July 2021 the videoconference review meeting was held on the topic of developing the practical measures for further cooperation between Turkmenistan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the period of 2019-2020. The meeting was attended by the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Representative for Central Asia Ms.Ashita Mittal, the Head of the Program Office of UNODC in Kazakhstan Mr.Naveed Riaz, CARICC Coordinator, and coordinators of the...