The Fund Forum has been granted Special Consultative Status by the UN Economic and Social Council. The respective decision was made at a recent session of the ECOSOC in June 2010.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a resolution of the government on improvement of order on presenting permanent residence permit in Tashkent and Tashkent region to the citizens of Uzbekistan, foreign citizens and people without citizenship.

President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan in autumn 2010, Azerbaijani media reported quoting Embassy of Uzbekistan in Baku.

The third plenary session of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan will be held on 28 August. The Kengash (Council) of the Senate adopted a corresponding resolution on 10 August, the press service of the Senate said.

Uzbek diplomats participated in a workshop on “Writing Public Relations Web Articles” organized by the UNDP "Enhancing the Capacity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to better respond to the Emerging issues of the new Millennium" project.

A delegation of the UK Embassy in Uzbekistan visited Academy of Interior Ministry of Uzbekistan on 9 August 2010. The delegation included charge d'affaires of the UK in Uzbekistan Toni Williams, third secretary of the embassy Richard Pike and regional security manager Nigel Isgrov.

On 9 August 2010, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Uzbekistan Mohamad Asruhi paid a visit Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan (lower house of parliament).

John Heppenstall, British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Desk Officer for Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, paid a visit to Uzbekistan from 4-7 August.

On a spectacularly clear night in October 2007, two astronomers pored over celestial images during the course of their usual work at Maidanak Observatory, high in the hills near the town of Kitob, in southern Uzbekistan.

The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) released the second Environmental Performance Review of Uzbekistan, which takes stock of the progress made in the area of environmental management since the country was first reviewed in 2001.