Ambassador Panayotov delivered opening remarks during an event on "Women, Innovation and Investment", organized with the assistance of the Mission of Bulgaria. Ambassador Panayotov mentioned that Bulgaria ranks among EU's leading countries in terms of women and girls in science and by the share of women engineers and women in the ICT sector. It was highlighted that women's empowerment and gender equality are indispensable for the implementation of the Agenda 2030.

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York marked the National Liberation Day with a reception held on 4 March 2019.

Ambassador Panayotov presented the achievements of the Bulgaria-led Bureau of the Conference whose work was praised by Member States, NGO’s and the civil society.

Bulgaria was elected member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2019-2021 period during the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Our country received the support of 180 of a total of 188 UN Member States that attended the vote and voted. Bulgaria ranked fifth among the 18 candidate countries for HRC membership and shared the first spot with Italy among the EU candidate countries.

Many members of the Group stressed the importance of having more children participating in the event.

“As a member of the European Union, Bulgaria hopes that there will soon be a uniform visa-free regime for all EU member states.” This was said by Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov during a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns in Washington DC yesterday.

“Our wish, of Bulgaria and of the European Union, is to help resolve the serious political crisis in Yemen”, said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov during the talks today in Sana. ...