UN Conference on Landlocked Countries
August 13 , 2025
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- The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries was held in Awaza, Turkmenistan.
- The conference ended with the adoption of the Awaza Political Declaration.
- It also approved the Awaza Programme of Action for 2024 to 2034.
- The theme of the event was "Driving Progress Through Partnerships".
- The aim was to support 32 landlocked developing countries facing trade and transport challenges.
- Turkmenistan includes a health plan called Global Medicine of the Future.
- It promoted a Global Atlas of Sustainable Transport Connectivity, first shown at COP28 in Dubai.
- It launched a hydrogen energy programme for 2030 to 2040.
- It proposed a global framework for the circular economy to cut waste and boost reuse.
- Turkmenistan highlighted the Caspian Environmental Initiative to protect the sea region.
- It supported the UN Aral Sea Basin Programme to solve one of the world’s worst environmental crises.
- It also promoted 2025 as the International Year of Peace and Trust.
- This marks 30 years of Turkmenistan’s neutrality and 80 years of the United Nations.
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