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was declared: "The Year of a Healthy Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan Bodies, consisting of representatives
Generation". This year -- 2015 -- has has been granted 15 seats, given the of about fifty different countries.
been announced as "The Year of Care importance of nationwide issues As was the case for the parliamen-
for the Senior Generation" with the related to ecology, public health tary elections, no major incidents
adoption of a set of measures aimed care and environmental protection. were reported and foreign observers
at providing proper and comprehen- The newly elected Members of Par- agreed that the election process had
sive support for the elderly. liament represent different ethnic been transparent.
groups, including Uzbeks, Karakal-
As part of a development model based paks, Russians, Tajiks, Kazakhs and By its demography, geostrategic loca-
on gradual political reforms since Koreans. tion, economic weight, and strong
last December, Uzbekistan is in the historical and cultural heritage
process of renewing its democratic The presidential elections in Uzbekistan will remain a key nation
institutions which started with elec- Uzbekistan in March were a major in Central Asian affairs. The country
tions to the Legislative Chamber of political event and confirmed Islam intends to continue its efforts to-
the Oliy Majlis (Supreme Assembly) Karimov as President for another wards further political and economic
and was concluded by presidential five-year term. The re-election of development and modernization, as
elections which took place on 29 Karimov was a signal to the outside well as preserving peace and stability,
March 2015. world that development trends and and an environment of inter-ethnic
stability in Uzbekistan will conti-
nue. Since mid-February, candidates
had been campaigning all over the
country. National legislation and a
relevant resolution of the Central
Election Commission of Uzbekistan
provided that presidential candi-
dates shall have equal rights in terms
of access to the media to bring their
election programmes to voters, and
this was indeed the case. There are
about 20 million registered voters
in the country. The four presiden-
tial candidates each represented the
political parties in the country, namely:

• Mr. Hotamjon Ketmonov nomina-
ted by People's Democratic Party;
• Mr. Akmal Saidov nominated by the
"Milliy Tikianish" Democratic Party;
• Mr. Nariman Umarov from the
"Adolat" Social-Democratic Party
Parliamentary elections also were and and inter-religious understanding
held in the context of broadening • Mr. Islam Karimov, incumbent and harmony. Current developments
Parliament's powers and following President, nominated by the Liberal- unfolding in our globalized world
considerable improvements in elec- Democratic Party. mean it is completely impossible for
toral legislation. Four political parties a nation to stay aloof from many eco-
that competed in the elections share The authorities made considerable nomic and security challenges. Uzbe-
mandates in the new legislature, as efforts to ensure openness and trans- kistan considers as its primary task
follows: Movement of Entrepreneurs parency in the election process, par- to further cement friendly relations
and Businessmen/Liberal Democra- ticularly by inviting more than 300 and mutually beneficial cooperation
tic Party - 52 seats; Democratic Party foreign observers from international with all countries, first of all with its
"Milly Tikianish" (National Revival) organizations, including the OSCE/ neighbours, and further strengthen-
- 36 seats; People's Democratic Party ODIHR, Shanghai Cooperation Orga- ing its constructive participation in
- 27 seats; Social Democratic Party nization, CIS Executive Committee multilateral activities within various
"Adolat" (Justice) - 20 seats. The and Associations of World Election international organizations.
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