The 54th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission is taking place at the UN headquarters in New York.

Uzbekistan delegation led by the Director of the Statistics Agency Bakhodir Begalov also attends the session.

The heads of statistical agencies and representatives of international organizations exchanged their experience. The delegation is taking part in the discussion of the issues included in the 54th session agenda.

According to the Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan, the delegation held meetings with Stefan Schweinfest, the Director of the UN Statistics Division, Rachael Beaven, the Director of the Statistics Division at the UN Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific and the heads of the national statistical agencies of other countries, and discussed issues of bilateral cooperation.

At the meetings, representatives of international organizations acknowledged that the results achieved in Uzbekistan in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals are positive. Most experts recognized that Uzbekistan’s position in the Open Data Ranking has improved, ranking 40th among 192 countries (first in Central Asia) with 66 points.

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