On December 26, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the bill on ratification of the Constitution of the International Organization for Migration into law. The document was passed by the Legislative Chamber on December 12 and approved by the Senate on December 14.
The International Organization for Migration, established in 1951, is a UN agency on migration. The IOM Constitution (Charter) was signed in Brussels on October 19, 1953.
On November 27, at the 109th session of the IOM Council in Geneva, the member-states supported the application of the Republic of Uzbekistan to join IOM as a Member State, bringing the total membership to 173.