A court order has formally incorporated Uzbekistan’s all 75 civil courts into the national E-SUD system. The system was first developed in 2013, and has been implemented by the joint ‘Rule of Law in Uzbekistan’ project of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the United States Agency for International...

The United Nations in Uzbekistan congratulates the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on his constructive and forward-looking speech at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly on 19 September 2017. In his speech, the President highlighted the Action Strategy 2017-2021 and the ongoing reforms, stressing...

The snow leopard, a globally acknowledged symbol of Central Asian mountains, lives in hard-t-reach areas of Uzbekistan. Its habitat – the mountains of Western Tien Shan and Pamir Alai – are highly significant for global biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods but, unfortunately, suffer from multiple serious threats....

The United Nations in Uzbekistan welcomes the adoption of the Concept of Administrative Reform in the Republic of Uzbekistan on 8 September 2017. The Concept outlines priority reforms aimed at creating an effective and transparent public administration system in line with the Action Strategy 2017-2021,...

The announcement ceremony of the winners of the international photo contest on climate change and ozone layer and a photo exhibition of winning photographs was held at the Art Gallery in Tashkent. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol and the photo contest aimed at sending a global...

Do you know who Margaret Hamilton is? Not many do. She was the computer scientist and systems engineer who programmed the Apollo 11 spaceflight. There is currently a greatly untapped resource of women programmers, who are essential to the understaffed global ICT industry (an estimated 800,000 extra...

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this excellent opportunity to be in Brussels to talk about sustainable development in the Central Asian region, and in particular in Uzbekistan. His Excellency the Ambassador has outlined clearly the commitment with which the Government of Uzbekistan has embraced the...

Representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Central Asia and the European Union (EU) discussed in Brussels the development challenges and opportunities, and their future collaboration in the region. Having made considerable progress on multiple fronts since their independence in the...

Two farmers from Djizak and Bukhara regions received mobile homes to improve their  basic household needs while staying remotely from their families, houses and social infrastructure sites.  “Stockbreeders do not stay long at one spot during pasturing; they move to new areas, build temporary housings and stay...

A new joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Architecture and Construction “Market Transformation for Sustainable Rural Housing” funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has started its implementation with  an Inception...

Today, on August 21, a three-month Youth Startup Initiatives Support Programme kicked off. According to the results of the competitive selection, 40 startup projects from all over Uzbekistan take part in the second cycle of the ‘Startup Initiative’ Programme. This year, startup projects represent all regions of...