Turkmenistan was elected to the Executive Board of UNICEF and the Commission on the Status of Women

At the meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Turkmenistan was elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Commission on the Status of Women for 2018-2022.

To date, Turkmenistan is a member of eight commissions, committees and councils of the United Nations, the country was elected five times to be the vice-chairman of the UN General Assembly.