The agenda has been outlined in the UN Secretary-General's report submitted for consideration by the General Assembly. The Turkmen President notes that, while remaining a neutral state, Turkmenistan will continue to actively and closely interact with the UN on the more urgent issues of the international agenda. Essentially Turkmenistan has begun to rebuild its sovereign history and statehood. The nation boasts an ancient and eventful history. The President of Turkmenistan has specifically singled out globalization out of a multitude of trends and issues.
Globalization is an inevitable and objective historical process.
However, indicates President Niyazov, some of its aspects have caused well-justified concerns. He calls attention to the evolving trend of somewhat fatalistic conviction that there are no alternative political philosophies, to a trend towards setting a universal standard for the entire human race. The President of Turkmenistan refers in his article to the experience of the former USSR, a country that has sought to maintain an imperial state model by imposing stereotypes with no regard for national and ethnic specifics and realities. We are convinced, says the article, that the overall progress of humanity will be driven not by blind adherence to any particular model, not by unifying the standards and principles of everyday life, but by combining ideas and philosophies. President Niyazov argues that one of the key international challenges of the day is to establish equal and equitable partnerships between nations that are currently at different levels of socio-economic, technological and industrial development.