Abdurashid Abdukodirov, a member of UzLiDeP in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan:
– Thanks to transformations carried out under the supervision of the head of our state each year authority of Uzbekistan in the international arena is steadily growing, interest in our country and its centuries-old history is increasing. One good example of this trend is the effective cooperation of Uzbekistan with the United Nations, which had been developing in the areas of peace and security, health, environment, education, culture, tourism and others.
The peaceful policy of Uzbekistan, its efforts to achieve security and stability in the region are in tune with the activities of the UN. In particular, through participation in the UN Summit President Islam Karimov put forward the important and significant initiative for the preservation of peace and stability, the conversion of the Central Asian region into a zone of security and sustainable development, among which occupies a special place in the idea of creating a Central Asian zone free of nuclear weapons (CANWFZ). All these efforts are highly appreciated in the international community. We proudly listened to the words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on June 12 during the meeting with Islam Karimov about Uzbekistan’s active participation in multilateral discussions within the United Nations and our country’s contribution to the solution of regional and global issues.
Thus, today an important place in the activities of the United Nations to achieve high gains of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were comprehensive guide to all States, as well as upcoming new agenda for the future – sustainable development. In this context, we stressed that UzLiDeP attaches particular importance to the effective use of the opportunities of Parliament and deputies, other possible mechanisms for the implementation of the foreign policy priorities of Uzbekistan. Thus, by signing the Millennium Declaration in 2000, our country has committed itself to achieving the MDGs.
We emphasize that Uzbekistan, despite all the difficulties associated with the instability of the global economy, managed to strike a balance between the most important key development objectives, namely, economic growth based on structural reforms and improving the welfare of all sections of the population. It is generally recognized that Uzbekistan has made significant progress in achieving the MDGs, the rule of law and protection of human rights, protection of motherhood and childhood, improving the education system, which are the result of sustainable and people-oriented socio-economic reforms.
In general, the last meeting of Islam Karimov and Ban Ki-moon has shown that, on the one hand, the UN is interested in further strengthening the cooperation with our country, on the other hand, Uzbekistan, attaching great importance to have close partnership with the UN and its institutions, ready for serial effective cooperation, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by the end of the year and the goals of sustainable development, which is planned to take during the upcoming General Assembly.
The second important conclusion is to increase the role of the United Nations against the background of grave concern to the growth of radicalization of conflict and violence, strengthening political and economic confrontation, the ongoing global financial crisis globally. In an increasingly difficult situation in the world Uzbekistan considers the United Nations as the only universal international organization for the maintenance of global security and stability, a unique structure to address the many complex inter-state and international issues.
To’lqin Karimov, a member of UzLiDeP in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan:
– Official visit of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to Uzbekistan gave a good opportunity to continue the established productive dialogue and exchange of views on strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between Uzbekistan and the United Nations, including in areas such as countering nuclear proliferation, sustainable socio-economic development, combating the threat of international terrorism and drug trafficking, the rational use of water resources and others.
Analyzing the course of the meeting highlight such topics as the settlement of the situation in Afghanistan and its restoration, the solution of environmental problems, which can not but affect the interests of the electorate UzLiDeP. For example, in the election program UzLiDeP contains the importance of addressing the Afghan problem through peaceful means, ensuring respect for national customs, culture and religious values of the multinational and multi-confessional people of Afghanistan. Domestic and international experts agree that Uzbekistan as a friendly neighbor of Afghanistan has given him broad support in order to achieve stability in the country. Uzbekistan, with the support of international financial institutions, in particular, the ADB is implementing projects for the construction of transport communications, provides electricity to the population of Afghanistan and implement the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Great attention has been paid to one of the global planetary ecological disasters of our time – the drying of the Aral Sea water area which since 1965 fell by more than 4-fold, 10-fold increased water salinity. Negative global phenomena shows that without joint efforts and close cooperation with the United Nations to solve the existing socio-economic problems of the population of the Aral Sea region is impossible. In this context, we emphasize the importance of effective implementation developed under the current chairmanship of Uzbekistan to the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea “program of measures to eliminate the consequences of the drying of the Aral Sea ecosystem and prevent disasters in the Aral Sea”, which was adopted as an official document of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly.
In UzLiDeP believe that the United Nations has consistently pursued an active and fruitful activity of international security, promotion of the ideas of a nuclear-free world, solving urgent for all humanity of sustainable development, as well as the many pressing global problems, environmental, social and humanitarian issues. The results of the current visit of UN Secretary General to our country, confident in UzLiDeP, will be another contribution to the dynamic and effective cooperation across the board. The signing of the framework program of the United Nations for development assistance for 2016-2020 is an important milestone in this process.
