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Goulnara Karimova's initiati-
ve, the Fund Forum has
grown into Uzbekistan's lea-
ding public organization dea-
ling with a broad raiige of

iSsueS in cultural and humani-
tarian spheres. The Fund
Fonun has offices in
Tashkent, Moscow, Beijing,
Tokyo, Paris, Geneva and
Vieima. It has established CLII-
tural ties with partners in
Austria, Belgium, China,
Egypt, France, Germany,
Japan, Luxembourg, Russia
and Switzerland, as well as
other counties. Memoran-
dums of understanding and

paitnersl'up t%lLLlllLllL have
been signed with UNESCO,
the Biitisli Council, the Swiss
Agency for Develop-ment
and Co-operation, Soon
Ching Ling Foundation of
China, the Austrian
Association of Retirees and
the National Museum of tlie
Repriblic of Korea.

The Fund Fonun has given
itself the goal of representing
Uzbek culture abroad,
cultivating aiid expanding the
country's international co-
operation in cultural and
humanitai'iaii spheres, provi-
ding broad suppoit to young
talents and creative people.

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