Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations

On March 17 this year the Kengash (Council) of Senate (Upper House) of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan held its session, the Uzbekistan National News Agency reported.

The senators discussed the preparation to the next plenary session of Senate due on March 27 this year in the city of Tashkent.

According to the Press-Service of the Upper House of the nation’s parliament, the senators, among other issues in their competency, are expected to consider the role and accountability of local bodies of power in terms of unconditional implementation of the Anti-crisis program for 2009-2012 and a number of laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Along with that, at the plenary session the Uzbek senators are going to consider and listen to the report by the minister of justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the state of implementation of laws by bodies of state power, law-enforcement and controlling agencies in 2008.

The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan is also expected to speak before the senators on the activity of prosecutorial bodies in 2008. Among other speakers there is a chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Nature Protection.

At the same time, the senators are going to summon the Authorized of Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman) to speak about the work accomplished in 2008, according to the news agency report.

Ikboljon Soliev for the Information Agency “Jahon” in English.