General Assembly - Twenty-fifth session
The 25th session of the UNWTO General Assembly | Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16- 20 October 2023

Mr. Aziz Abdukhakimov
Deputy Chair of the Government Commission on Tourism Development - Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of Uzbekistan

The leadership and Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan recognise tourism as a strategic sector of the national economy with significant potential for economic growth, improvement of people's well-being, particularly local communities, and support for the most vulnerable ones.
Committed to the further advancement of sustainable and green tourism, the country seeks to promote its tourism brand through infrastructure diversification, widening its tourism product, and enhancement of the quality of tourism services.
The Government of Uzbekistan is pleased to welcome all stakeholders of the global tourism market, including tourism authorities, private sector, academia, and others, in the fabulous city of Samarkand.
Samarkand, as a crossroads of civilizations, cultures, and religions, is the perfect venue for the world's grand tourism event – the session of the UNWTO General Assembly. Symbolically, the 25th anniversary session will take place in Uzbekistan in the year of the 30th anniversary of the country's accession to the World Tourism Organization.
Uzbekistan has been, is, and will remain a UNWTO's steadfast ally in promoting responsible, inclusive, and universally accessible tourism worldwide.
Welcome to Uzbekistan!
DOCUMENTS
- Provisional programme (A/25/Prov.Prog.)
- Provisional Programme Global Forum on Education
- Provisional Programme Global Investments Forum
- Information Note (A/25/Note Inf.1 rev.3)
- 1. Provisional Agenda (A/25/1 prov.rev.2)
- 2. Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly (A/25/2)
- 3. Appointment of the Credentials Committee (A/25/3)
- 4 (a) Current trends of international tourism (A/25/4(a))
- 4(b) Implementation of the General Programme of Work 2022-2023 (A/25/4(b))
- 4(c) Draft Programme of Work for 2024-2025 (A/25/4(c))
- 4(c) Corrigendum (A/25/4(c) Corr.1)
- Proposal by the Regional Commission for Europe of an “Agenda for Europe 2030" (A/25/4(c) RC-2)
- 6. Overview of Human Resources Policies (A/25/6)
- 7(a) Membership status (A/25/7(a) rev.1)
- 7(b) Suspension of membership in accordance with Article 34 and application of paragraph 13 (A/25/7(b))
- 8. Report on the Task Force on Redesigning Tourism for the Future (A/25/8)
- 9. Progress report on the UNWTO Regional and Thematic Offices (A/25/9)
- 10. Reform of the Organization: Progress on JIU and OIOS recommendations (A/25/10)
- 11. Report of the Executive Council to the General Assembly (A/25/11)
- 12. Proposal of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the renewal of the mandate of the Secretary-General (A/25/12)
- 13(a) Report of the Chair of the Board of Affiliate Members (A/25/13(a))
- 13(b) Report of the Committee on Matters Related to Affiliate Membership (A/25/13(b))
- 14. Report of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) and election of the members of the WCTE (A/25/14)
- 15. World Tourism Day 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 (A/25/15)
- 16. Election of the Executive Council Members (A/25/16)
- 17. Proposal of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the recognition of Samarkand as the World Cultural Tourism Capital (A/25/17)
- 18. Place and dates of the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly (A/25/18)
- Model for Credentials Letter
- Model for representation (proxy format)
- Resolution Election of the External Auditor for 2022-2023 (A/RES-PS/1(2022))