The delegation headed by the Deputy Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan Begench Gurbangulyev is taking part in the 32nd session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the press service of the Turkmen diplomatic mission in Vienna reports.

The work of the session began on May 22 and will continue until May 26, 2023. The topic for discussion by the Commission this year is "Improving the performance of the criminal justice system to ensure access to justice and build a safe and secure society".

At the opening of the session, the President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Chaba Kyoryoshi, the President of ECOSOC Luchesara Stoeva, the Executive Director of UNODC Gada Wali, the President of the 32nd session of the CCPCJ Mary Mugwanya spoke.

The heads of the mentioned structures noted the important role of the Commission in the development of global efforts to combat crime and focused on ensuring criminal justice, and special attention was also paid to SDG 16 and its tasks.

In his speech, Begench Gurbangulyev drew the attention of the participants to the positive role of Turkmenistan in the active promotion of international and regional cooperation in the fight against transnational organized crime.

According to the head of the Turkmen delegation, purposeful work is underway in the country to eradicate all forms of organized crime. This is evidenced by the adoption of National Programs to combat such types of organized crime as terrorism, human trafficking, corruption, drug trafficking.

It should be noted that Turkmenistan, being a party to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols, actively participates in the mechanism for conducting country reviews on the implementation of their provisions. The General Prosecutor's Office of Turkmenistan is the coordinator for the review of this Convention from the Turkmen side and is actively working in this direction.