September 5, 2008
Politics:
President to Take Part at CSTO Meeting in Moscow
Economics:
Power Engineering Set to Be One of Priorities of Cooperation
UZEX to Establish Trading Platform in Minsk in Belarus
ICT Week in Uzbekistan
Society:
Uzbek Scientists Elaborate New Methods Against Allergy
Ipoteka Bank Backs Housing Construction in Tashkent - Report
Uzbekistan National University Marks Its Anniversary
Social Adaptation Center Established in Tashkent Province
Report: 'Bunyodkor' of Tashkent Signs Brazilian Rivaldo
POLICY
PRESIDENT TO TAKE PART AT CSTO MEETING IN MOSCOW
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov left to Moscow on September 5 to participate in the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, UzA reported.
At the summit, the heads of states will consider issues of strengthening peace and stability in the region, development of cooperation, boosting efforts to fight terrorism and extremism, organized translational crime, drugs and arms smuggling.
Other issues on the agenda are improving the information security system and expansion of the military and military-technical cooperation.
ECONOMY
POWER ENGINEERING SET TO BE ONE OF PRIORITIES OF COOPERATION
Uzbekistan will finish construction of power transmission line to the Uzbek-Afghan border by February next year. The Uzbek part of power transmission line worth US$ 19 mln is funded by the Afghan government.
The construction of power transmission line has been finished on the territory of Afghanistan from the frontier city of Hayraton to Kabul. It is nearly 442 kilometers long. The power transmission line runs through five provinces of Afghanistan and it will be connected with the power system of Uzbekistan very soon. The project is totally estimated at US$ 198 mln.
After construction of the power transmission line, Afghanistan is initially transmitted with 150 Megawatts from the Uzbek power system, Uzbekenergo SSC (Uzbek energy state stock company) said. In future the delivery will reach 300 Megawatts. Currently, the Uzbek electricity deliveries do not exceed 70 Megawatts.
In May this year the Uzbekenergo SSC and the Energy and Water Ministry of Afghanistan signed a memorandum on mutual understanding. At that time the Afghan side expressed its interest in step-by-step increase in electricity deliveries from the Uzbek power system to Afghanistan of up to 150-300 Megawatts.
UZEX TO ESTABLISH TRADING PLATFORM IN MINSK IN BELARUS
Head of a number of Belarusian textile enterprises and commercial banks visited the Uzbek Commodity Exchange (UZEX) where they familiarized themselves with potential of trade systems, the report by Uzbekistan Today News Agency said.
The guests noted that representatives of the Belarusian business used trading exchange systems having evident advantage over traditional trading methods to involve more service and goods in bilateral trade between the both countries.
The Belarusian businessmen expressed a particular interest in purchasing a great amount of Uzbek cotton fiber in open commodity exchange. However, members of the delegation said that other commodities sold in UZEX were of good interest as well.
For the optimization of bilateral trade between the two sides the Belarusian side showed desire to set up in Minsk by the end of this year a trading platform of UZEX whose activity, the guests think, will considerably increase the both countries' trade potential.
ICT WEEK IN UZBEKISTAN
A traditional ICT week is to be held in Uzbekistan on September 22-28. It is intended to fully estimate the outcomes of the sector, present a wide audience the newest achievements in telecommunication and information technologies and map out plans for future.
The ICT Week-2008 includes a chain of events directed to improve the sector, interesting as to specialists so to numerous consumers of up-to-date information technologies.
The ICT Week will be opened with the telecommunication and information technologies summit. The participants of the summit will discuss current conditions and prospects of ICT development in Uzbekistan, challenges and achievements of introduction of telecommunication and information technologies in state management, as well as opportunities of E-study and access infrastructure and prospects of electronic commerce in the country. The discussion will result in suggestions on further promotion of telecommunications in Uzbekistan.
The ICT Week will favor further development of ICT sector in Uzbekistan, reinforce international cooperation and give additional impetus to mutually partnership in this sphere.
SOCIETY
UZBEK SCIENTISTS ELABORATE NEW METHODS AGAINST ALLERGY
In line with the report by the Uzbekistan Today News Agency, the clinical tests of a new more convenient and efficient method of vaccination against wormwood and saltbush pollen allergy are to be finished in the Republican Specialized Scientific Allergology Center soon.
The pollen of these plants causes allergy of every fourth allergic person. Besides, doctors mark an unfavorable statistics of increase of cases of the disease. It is explained by that in Central Asia saturation of wormwood and saltbush pollen in the environment is several times more than in most of other countries.
“Analergin vaccination is a proved treatment method,” told Azodbek Nazarov, Director of the Republican Specialized Scientific Allergology Center. “It is injected under the skin or taken by pills. Both ways have some serious disadvantages. In the first case the procedure is painful and time-consuming, in the second case there can be complications with digestive system. To avoid such problems we developed a more convenient and safer method - application. An applicator is put into the mouth for twenty-thirty minutes, and at the same time the patient does not have any inconvenience, he can do normal things. It is already clear that the new method of vaccination will give the same result as in regular methods. It means that the patient forgets about the disease forever after two years of treatment.”
I am sure that patients will evaluate our development pretty soon, and it will become widely used just like many other products of the center, hopes Azodbek Nazarov.
IPOTEKA BANK BACKS HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN TASHKENT - REPORT
Presidential Decree of May 18, 2007 “On additional measures of material and moral support of young families” turns into a significant stimulus for young families to obtain beneficial mortgage and consumer loans and further improve their living conditions.
According to the Tashkent city office of Ipoteka (Mortgage) bank, in past period this year 240 young families were offered beneficial mortgage. The bank allocated loans for contractor organizations to build multistoried apartments for the just married. Now 29 multistoried houses are constructed in Tashkent for providing material support for young families and supplying them with convenient housing. Apartments built in Mirzo Ulugbek district of Tashkent are among them, according to the report by Uzbekistan Today News Agency.
The first deputy manager of Tashkent city Ipoteka Bank, Shoadyl Nasyrov noted that currently, the bank had 35 mini banks, 10 branches, 67 exchange offices, 30 Western Union, 28 Contact and 20 Migom money transfer offices and 280 saving banks receiving payment public service in different parts of the city. The number of its customers is more than 20 thousand. It is 6% more than in the beginning of 2008. The bank's cash inflows increased 1.5 times compared with the same period last year.
Many people need financial support to set up their own business. In such cases the banking capital plays an important role. Taking into account this, the Ipoteka Bank allocated 24 bin soums for nearly 900 entities of small business for supporting them in the past period of 2008. As a result, nearly 600 new workplaces were created. Loans are basically allocated for development of industries, construction and public service.
The bank pays special attention to financial support of businesswomen. President Islam Karimov's Decree of May 25, 2004 “On additional measures to support activity of Women's Committee of Uzbekistan” is an important encouragement for it. Today the number of women issuing banking accounts in Tashkent city branches of the Ipoteka Bank and operating their own business reached 3,000. During past months this year 210 businesswomen were offered loans.
Tashkent city Ipoteka Bank actively participates in economic reforms of public service. In particular, it takes measures to recover organizations financially and cut down their payable notes. All saving banks under the partnerships of private dwelling owners are also open on Saturdays for timely getting of payments for natural gas, electricity and drinking water and for creating conveniences for the population.
The Ipoteka Bank takes measures to develop further the system of mortgage allocation, ensure stable money circulation, in particular, to increase people's deposits and receive payments for public utilities for the purpose of expanding its activities in future.
UZBEKISTAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY MARKS ITS ANNIVERSARY - REPORT
Celebrations timed to the 90th anniversary of Central Asia's first university — National University of Uzbekistan has begun in Tashkent, according to the report by Uzbekistan Today News Agency. An international conference where specialists from more than 15 countries discussed the university's contribution to the development of higher education and science opened the program of events.
Nowadays the National University is not only a leading educational institution but also scientific center, but makes great contribution to the development of education and science, the university's rector, Gafurjan Muhamedov, said in his opening speech.
The cardinal reformation of educational system in accordance with tasks of constructing a democratic constitutional state having a developed market economy is one of priorities in the development of independent Uzbekistan. With the initiative of President Islam Kari-mov the scale programs aiming this including the Program for Personnel Training are implemented in the country. Basing on its principles, the republic trained ten thousands of specialists of new formation having independent thinking and steady convictions and devoted to their country and people. Here the National University of Uzbekistan has weighty contribution.
Many countries are proud of the higher educational institution's diplomas. Since the time when the university was founded, it trained thousands of high skilled specialists not only for Uzbekistan but also for European, Asian, Latin American and African countries. All presidents of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, grand master Rustam Kasymjanov and many other famous and prominent personalities are among its graduates.
The university plays an important role in the development of higher education and science in the region. It was this higher educational institution that was basis for launching many other institutes, universities and academies including Tashkent State Technical University, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent State Institute of Law and Tashkent Medical Academy.
During its activity the National University has developed traditions of Central Asia's higher education. One of such kind of initiatives was teaching philosophy as an independent subject.
The first establishments of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences started their activities on the basis of this higher educational institution. The National University of Uzbekistan laid the foundation for many scientific schools in such sciences as biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics and philology. Many scientific discoveries and inventions related to names of scientists working for the educational institution. For instance, the university offered a method of extracting gasoline from shale and tested the first electronic television set in the history of man.
Currently, the country's “main” higher educational institution consists of 13 faculties, 95 departments and 16 laboratories. Its teaching staff takes an active part in the development and introduction of new state educational standards, issues textbooks meeting all modern requirements and carries out state scientific grants. Thus, the university participates in the development of higher education and science.
The National University cooperates with hundreds of leading higher educational institutions of the world. Reports at conferences were on the university's experience of cooperation with many of them.
“The Moscow State Academy of Law signed an agreement on cooperation with the National University of Uzbekistan in May this year,” the academy's vice rector, Igor Matskevich said. “The agreement aims for exchange of teaching staff, students and teaching and scientific literature and to hold joint conference. I think that the upcoming academic year will be filled up with practical examples of the cooperation.”
The National University of Uzbekistan signed an agreement on partnership relations with the Tokyo University of Agriculture. “For two years already the twin higher educational institutions developed mutually beneficial relations both in education and science,” a professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture, Yoshiko Kavabata, characterized the relations.
As a part of the jubilee celebrations the National University of Uzbekistan aims for many meetings with those whose fate is somehow connected with it. The main ceremony is to take place in late September.
SOCIAL ADAPTATION CENTER ESTABLISHED IN TASHKENT PROVINCE
The Center of Social Adaptation has been established at the Uratepa makhalla of Zangiota District in Tashkent Province. All conditions were created at the Center for recovery of health of children with physical disabilities and people in need of social protection, the Uzbekistan National News Agency reported.
Uzbekistan pays a particular attention to developing physically and spiritually healthy young generation, protecting mothers’ and children’s health, socially supporting children from the less well-off families and with disabilities, strengthening the atmosphere of kindness and charity in society.
The wide-scale construction works were accomplished at the Center. The rooms of medical examination, massage, physiotherapy, phyto-bar and training hall of the Center were fully equipped with the latest tools.
At the Center the children residing in the district who are in need of social protection will strengthen their health for three months. The staff members of the Center also plan to receive children from other towns and districts of the province.
Mothers can raise their knowledge and skills on upbringing child, taking medical examination and rendering the first aid at home.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairwoman of Women’s Committee Farida Akbarova is reported to have participated at the opening ceremony of the Center.
REPORT: 'BUNYODKOR' OF TASHKENT SIGNS BRAZILIAN RIVALDO
Leader of the championship of the country and main rivals of the current champion for the first prize Bunyodkor focused on strengthening their lineup in the season 2008. And the same day presented journalists and fans their new star — 2002 World Champion, Brazilian Rivaldo, the Uzbekistan Today News Agency reported.
The contract between Bunyodkor and the former Greek AEK 36-year old player was signed on 28th of August. After that the famous attacking midfielder, whose titles and achievements list filled two pages of a press release, went to Athens after his family. This fact means a lot, even though it is a one year contract: if he brought his wife that means he really liked this place. The player said it himself:
“I had a current contract, offers from Australian and Japanese clubs. But I took the Bunyodkor offer. And when I came to Tashkent and saw the dynamic and modern city with my own eyes, when I saw the attitude to football of the governing bodies and almost Brazilian love of the fans, I had no doubts about my decision. Thus my family will be happy here…”
Vice President of FC Bunyodkor Tavakkal Ismailov assured that there will be no problems with Rivaldo's appearance this season and the recruit together with his compatriot Luizao and Chilean Villianueva will soon join Bunyodkor on the pitch to give more wins to the fans.
Then Rivaldo showed his technique to the fans on the MHSK stadium.