TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, April 22. Uzbekistan has
proposed expanding the mandate and geographic scope of the UN
Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund for the Aral Sea region to
cover the entire Aral Sea basin, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said
at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the
International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), Trend reports.
According to him, the initiative would allow channeling targeted
investments into priority environmental and socio-economic projects
across all countries in the region.
“We could jointly consider expanding the mandate and geographic
coverage of the Trust Fund to the entire Aral Sea basin. This will
make it possible to direct targeted investments to implement vital
environmental and socio-economic projects in all our countries,”
Mirziyoyev said.
He noted that the fund has already demonstrated successful
experience in mobilizing and effectively using financial resources,
and could become a key instrument for supporting IFAS priority
programs.
Mirziyoyev also emphasized that Uzbekistan will assume the IFAS
chairmanship next year and intends to strengthen the organization's
role as a driver of regional integration, including through more
active use of international financial mechanisms.
