Uzbekistan will be represented at the meeting of the IPU Executive Committee to be held on 26-27 February in the UAE.

At the invitation of the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong, the First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, Director of the National Center for Human Rights Akmal Saidov, who is the IPU Vice-President, will take part in the meeting.

Issues related to the agenda of the 144th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union will be discussed, preparations for the 144th Assembly, a political project submitted by the IPU to the UN, the status of the implementation of the Transparency Report, the initial draft of the Communication Strategy for 2022-2026 will be considered.

According to the National Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights, the IPU was founded in 1889. Its members are the parliaments of 179 countries. The IPU closely cooperates with the United Nations and has observer status in the UN General Assembly. 

Uzbekistan resumed membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union in October 2017 and participated in 138-143 IPU Assemblies. At the 141st Assembly on October 18, 2019, Akmal Saidov from the Eurasian Group, which includes the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Nazokat Usmanova, UzA