Tashkent (TDI): President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, highlighted key global challenges while addressing the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in Tashkent.
Uzbekistan hosted the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which was attended by all IPU statutory bodies, including the Governing Council, Standing Committees, Committees on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and on Middle East Questions, and the Forum of Women Parliamentarians.
During the opening ceremony, the President of Uzbekistan welcomed the esteemed guests and highlighted the country’s achievements in implementing large-scale democratic reforms and developing parliamentarian and representative authority.
Highlighting the growing environmental and security challenges, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev urged the parliamentarians to increase their involvement and influence in maintaining peace and security, while ensuring social development and justice in the world.
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He also emphasized the global income disparity and said, “Over the past thirty years, the volume of world GDP has increased by 4.5 times. However, unfortunately, the incomes of poor layers of the global population have not changed much. If this trend persists, 575 million people in the world will live in poverty by 2030. Meanwhile, 84 million children will be deprived of the opportunity to attain education.”
He urged parliaments to use their full intellectual potential and opportunity, as well as share and exchange the most beneficial traditions and advanced techniques to resolve these challenges.
President of Uzbekistan, during his address, focused on the following issues in detail.
Conflicts Threaten Global and Regional Peace and Security:
President Mirziyoyev stated that the conflicts in various parts of the world have posed a serious threat to global and regional peace and security.
He emphasized the need to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Israel-Palestine conflict and said that the issues need to be resolved according to the UN Charter and the universal principles of international law.
He also raised the issue of Afghanistan’s political isolation and said that Afghanistan is an integral part of the Central Asian region that provides new opportunities.
He encouraged the parliamentarians to raise the matter on all platforms in order to start a dialogue between the global powers and the current governing authorities in Afghanistan.
Climate Change – A Barrier in Development:
President of Uzbekistan discussed the impact of climate change on developing countries, and said, “It is more important than ever to fully meet our commitments undertaken under the Paris Agreement and in pursuit of carbon neutrality.”
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“We will achieve substantial progress only if parliaments make it a key priority to support forward-looking initiatives in national climate policies and facilitate the transition to renewable energy sources and “green” technologies. We believe that climate change must hold a permanent place among the core items on the Assembly’s agenda,” President Mirziyoyev noted.
Women Empowerment:
The President of Uzbekistan expressed hope in the growing global participation of female lawmakers and said that if women were equally represented in all areas of the economy, global GDP would rise by 26%.
“There is no question that by implementing effective measures to encourage women’s active participation in public government, we will reach new heights,” he stated.
He also highlighted that in recent years, Uzbekistan has successfully held the Asian Women’s Forum and the 14th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament in collaboration with United Nations agencies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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He urged participants to support Uzbekistan’s effort to pass the United Nations General Assembly resolution titled “Expanding the socio-economic, political, legal, and cultural-humanitarian activities of Asian women.”
Individual’s Right to Social Protection:
Moreover, the President of Uzbekistan highlighted the rights of individuals to social protection and said that in Uzbekistan, “over the past eight years, 7 million people have been lifted out of poverty, reducing its rate from 35 percent to 8.9 percent. This year, we aim to bring it down further to 6 percent.”
He urged the parliamentarians to participate in the upcoming international conference on poverty reduction, hosted by Uzbekistan.
He encouraged the participants to deliberate, exchange views, and galvanize parliamentary actions in the area of social development and justice.
Javaria Khalid is a Web Contributor at The Diplomatic Insight Magazine. She specializes in covering geopolitical developments, international relations, diplomatic, and socio-economic developments in Europe and Pakistan.
