RIYADH, September 30. /Dunyo IA/.  An article covering the address by Saida Mirziyoyeva, Head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan, at the general debate of the 81^st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York has been published on the website of the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA-OIC), reports Dunyo IA correspondent.

Publication notes that amid wars, geopolitical tensions, declining trust and growing inequality, Uzbekistan is focusing on openness, good-neighborliness and dialogue, with human dignity serving as a central guiding principle of state policy. Article emphasizes that the address was delivered in Uzbek and covered issues related to strengthening the UN’s capacity to prevent conflicts, ensuring the implementation of adopted decisions and supporting the “UN80” initiative to adapt the Organization to contemporary conditions. Publication also highlights Uzbekistan’s support for expanding the UN Security Council, its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the Council for 2035–2036 and the country’s preparations to assume the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement next year.

Article highlights positive developments in Central Asia, where, thanks to the political will of the region’s leaders, previous disagreements over borders and water resources are giving way to partnership. It also conveys a call to abandon an approach to Afghanistan based exclusively on force and to help create conditions for the Afghan people to live in peace. Particular attention in the publication is devoted to domestic reforms. Over the past decade, the country’s economy has grown from $50 billion to $147 billion, volume of foreign investment has exceeded $150 billion, exports have nearly tripled, poverty rate has fallen to 4 percent, preschool education coverage has increased from 27 percent to 78 percent and the share of the population with higher education has risen from 9 percent to nearly 50 percent. Average life expectancy has increased from 66 to more than 75 years.

In addition, UNA-OIC highlights the environmental agenda, including efforts to establish vegetation cover on the dried seabed of the Aral Sea, increase the share of renewable energy to 54 percent by 2030 and implement the initiative to proclaim 2027–2036 Decade of Action for Afforestation and Reforestation. Article also highlights the country’s achievements in eliminating child labour and systemic forced labour, strengthening accountability for domestic violence, ensuring that women hold 39 percent of seats in Parliament, promoting international dialogue on the responsible use of artificial intelligence, and establishing an International Commercial Court at the Tashkent International Financial Centre based on the principles of English law.

In conclusion, publication emphasizes that international cooperation and technology should serve to safeguard human dignity, while Uzbekistan intends to continue promoting intercultural and interfaith dialogue, education and tolerance at the global level.