
STRENGTHENING THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE OMBUDSMAN FOR CHILDREN IS A KEY FACTOR IN PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLE OF THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD
Today, systematic work is under way in Uzbekistan to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the legal and institutional framework for protecting the rights and interests of childrenare improving.
As the international experience shows, today, more than twenty countries have a specialized and independent institution – the Ombudsman for Children. The first office of Ombudsman for Children was established in Norway in 1981. By the beginning of the 21st century, many countries had significantly intensified their work to protect the rights of the child and create some special authorized institutions in this area, and this was due to the need to better ensure the implementation of obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT: GOODWILL IS THE FOUNDATION OF HUMANITY
Today, the volunteer movement is an integral part of the social sphere, which provides gratuitous assistance to people in difficult life situations.
Uzbekistan is at the stage of active reforms. Large-scale transformations open up new opportunities for solving actual socio-economic, socio-political, cultural and humanitarian problems.
One of the priority directions of development of Uzbekistan, in addition to improving state and social construction, ensuring the rule of law and reforming the judicial and legal system, developing and liberalizing the economy, ensuring security, interethnic harmony and religious tolerance, implementing a balanced, mutually beneficial and constructive foreign policy, is the development of the social sphere.
"I WILL GO TO KOKAND": II INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF HANDICRAFTS WILL BE HELD IN KOKAND"
In 2022, the II International Festival of Crafts will be held in Kokand. This is provided for by the Government decree by July 8, 2021 in accordance with the relevant of the President Decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan of 2019 on holding the festival every 2 years in September.
During the festival, it is planned to hold a scientific and practical conference "Prospects for the development of handicrafts and folk applied art".
The conference participants will discuss problems in the field of handicrafts with the participation of foreign specialists, exchange theoretical and practical experience in this direction.
CAN UZBEKISTAN ADAPT TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?
“Global climate change is one of the most serious challenges of our times. It is also becoming a significant obstacle to sustainable development”, - said Marat Aitov, Head of department of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of Uzbekistan in an analytical note “Can Uzbekistan adapt to the consequences of global climate change?”, reports “Dunyo” IA correspondent.
- Rising global temperatures contribute to destructive extreme weather events around the world, such as sweltering heatwaves, droughts, fires, hurricanes, torrential rains and floods.
THE FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE ISRS AKRAMJON NEMATOV: THE COMPREHENSIVE CONSIDERATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND LASTING PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN
The First Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic and Interregional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Akramjon Nematov commented on the initiatives of Uzbekistan in the Afghan direction put forward at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held on September 16-17:
- Nowadays, one of the key issues on the international agenda is the situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power. And it is quite natural that it became the central topic of the SCO heads of state summit held on September 17, 2021 in Dushanbe. Most of SCO states share a common border with Afghanistan and directly feel the negative consequences of the unfolding crisis. Achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan is one of the main security goals in the SCO region.
The seriousness of this issue and the high degree of responsibility with which states treat its solution is evidenced by the discussion of Afghan issue in the SCO-CSTO format. At the same time, the main goal of the multilateral negotiations was to find agreed approaches to the situation in Afghanistan.