Organized by the National Center for Human Rights of Uzbekistan, Institute for the Study of Civil Society in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme in Uzbekistan, the event gathered the members of the Senate, deputies of Oliy Majlis, representatives of various ministries and agencies, international organizations, experts and scholars, UzA reported.

The director of National Center for Human Rights A. Saidov, director of the Institute for Civil Society Studies M. Usmanov stressed that large-scale reforms, being implemented in Uzbekistan under the leadership of President Karimov to build a democratic state and strong civil society, economic liberalization, increase of welfare of the people, have produced notable results. Measures aimed at ensuring the rights and freedoms of a person in Uzbekistan, serve to further deepen the democratic, social, economic and political reforms.

Held in the country of reform are important factor for large-scale implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, the National program for cadres training allows you to transition to a twelve-year continuous education system, root and branch reform and improve the quality of education, training highly qualified personnel. Radical reforms undertaken in the health sector are an important factor in improving public health, the full system upgrade health services, creating the highest of standards for hospitals providing public emergency medical services, improving the quality and scope of medical services.

“I participated in hearings at the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis on a course of performance of the UN Millennium Goals in Uzbekistan,” said the regional director of U.S. National Democratic Institute Clark Plexico. “I’d like to emphasize that Uzbekistan is a country which chose a right path of development. The national legislative framework for the protection of personal, social, economic, political and cultural rights of citizens is fully formed in your country.”

During the round table discussions, it was noted that protection of human rights and interests in Uzbekistan were fully complied with international legal norms and it was a priority direction of social development, nation building, domestic and foreign policy.

Such areas as economics, education and environment have been consistently developed in Uzbekistan, the Resident Representative of the UNDP in Uzbekistan Anita Nirody stressed during the discussion. She also highlighted the results of large-scale reforms implemented in the protection of the rights and lawful interests of citizens.

“Over a short period Uzbekistan achieved tremendous success in building a democratic state and civil society,” Nirody said. “The timely adoption of crisis program in Uzbekistan and its compliance with existing conditions and the focus have served an important factor in overcoming the negative effects of the global economic crisis.”

The reports on the implementation of UN Millennium Development Goals in Uzbekistan and their organizational and legal foundations were presented during the meeting. The sides exchanged views on further development of women’s social activities, strengthening the ecological stability, further development of the education system, etc.