A meeting of the project council was held at the Office of the Ombudsman of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the Authorized Representative for Human Rights – Ombudsman Yazdursun Gurbanazarova and the representative of the UN Development Program in Turkmenistan, Narine Saakyan, Turkmenportal.tm reports.
The meeting was also attended by relevant staff members from both organizations, according to Turkmenistan: The Golden Age.
The parties assessed the results of work carried out over the past year within the framework of the project "Enhancing the Institutional Capacity of the Ombudsman's Office" and discussed further steps.
Discussions covered areas such as cooperation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and the Asia-Pacific Forum, strengthening the legal mandate of the Ombudsman in line with the Paris Principles, and expanding the activities of the Ombudsman's Office as an independent national human rights institution.
Specific issues of further cooperation were also discussed, taking into account the results achieved, the source notes.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
December 25, 2024