Cold Winter Deserts of Turan (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and Tugay Forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve in Tajikistan are the two natural sites newly added to UNESCO World Heritage List, following the advice of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and dedicated work of national authorities and international experts that supported the nominations. Natural World Heritage sites are recognised as the most significant protected areas that provide life-supporting benefits to people and the planet.

From September 20 to 21, 2023, Mr. TATEISI Toshiaki, Director of the Information Technology Federation of Japan, held lectures on “Digital and IT Sectors Human Resource Development” as part of the Visiting Lectures Program organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Deputy Foreign Minister Bahrom Aloev hosted the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Director for Southeast, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Manfred Profazi.

On September 20, the Mirzo-Ulugbek District Criminal Court sentenced a man who, in June, entered a residential building following a seven-year-old girl, and then, threatening her with his fist, committed lewd acts, the spokesman to the Supreme Court Aziz Abidov said.

Officers of the Customs Committee in the Tashkent province stopped the illegal carrying out of a large sum of foreign currency, the department’s press service reported.

On September 20, Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the president of the World Bank Group Ajay Banga in New York. The parties discussed increasing the bank’s expert and technical assistance in the privatization and effective governance, financing and attracting investment, including on the basis of public-private partnerships, in projects on decarbonization, alternative energy, infrastructure and communications, water supply and support for other strategic initiatives.

Uzbekistan plans to attract South Korean Sebine Technology to resume a project to produce aluminum and aluminum oxide from kaolin ores in the Tashkent province, the Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology said.

The US financial corporation Citigroup plans to open a representative office in Uzbekistan. This became known on September 20 during the talks between Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the CEO of Citibank, John Dugan in New York.

Buildings and structures at, st. Buyuk Turon, 41 and 42, Tashkent, where the publishing and printing company Sharq and UzA are located, have been put up for public auction as a single property complex, the State Asset Management Agency said.

Meeting with officials of the Lithuanian employers and recruiters organization took place at the Foreign Labor Migration Agency.

An Uzbek man, aged 40, risked his life to rescue a Korean woman, aged 69, from a blaze that broke out in a restaurant in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, Monday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in his address at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, again called on the international community to continue to support the people of Afghanistan.

President signed Additional measures to improve the rating of Uzbekistan in the United Nations Electronic Government Survey Decree on Tuesday.

Becoming a full member of the World Trade Organization in the near future is one of the priorities on the path to liberalizing the Uzbek economy. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated this in his address at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19.

On September 19, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the general political debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

On the sidelines of the UN GA Assembly in New York, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the president of the Korea Republic Yun Seok-yol.

On September 19, in line with the program of his stay in New York City, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the maiden summit of the leaders of Central Asia- the United States Summit in the C5+1 format.

The government of Uzbekistan recommended that governor and mayor offices review utility tariffs. This is provided for by the Cabinet of Ministers’ Sep. 15 resolution on the phased introduction of market mechanisms in the fuel and energy sector.

On September 18, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva in New York.

American Technological University will be opened in Uzbekistan in partnership with Arizona State University. This was discussed at the meeting of the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev with the founder and chairman of Cintana educational Douglas Becker in New York on Monday.