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On 24 January, the Uzbek delegation formed from the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent State Agrarian University and the FAO Country Office in Uzbekistan took part in a regional workshop in Baku (Republic of Azerbaijan). The workshop was focused on the results and successes of recently implemented projects of the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programmes (FTPP) and included high-level representatives of relevant institutions in the countries of the subregion.

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, with the support of the Government of Uzbekistan, today sent 12 trucks with over 48,000 blankets through the International Multifunctional Transport and Logistics Hub in Termez, Uzbekistan, to Afghanistan to provide life-saving assistance to forcibly displaced persons and other vulnerable people in Afghanistan during harsh winter.

Today, for the sixth time, ministers from Central Asian countries gathered virtually to share experiences on current agricultural issues. The meeting, facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan, provided a platform for representatives of the five countries to discuss how agricultural finances serve a sustainable increase in production.

Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted a high-level event with the participation of the representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), government, workers’ and employers’ organizations to touch basis on achievements, challenges and plans for improvement in ensuring decent work for social justice in Uzbekistan.

On 2-3 March, the UN Resident Coordinator a.i. in Uzbekistan, Ms. Consuelo Vidal together with UN Agencies and the Government of Karakalpakstan has launched two new projects amounted USD 4.4 million in Nukus, the Republic of Karakalpakstan.