47 members of the UN Human Rights Council voted against holding a debate on alleged abuses in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the council's press office said.

Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a vocational and entrepreneurship training program for approximately 1,000 rural women who are either survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) or are at-risk for GBV. USAID will also support graduates in finding skilled employment and starting their own businesses. This initiative is part of USAID’s $3.4 million Women’s Economic Empowerment program supporting rural women in Uzbekistan through equipping them with the skills they need to enter the economy as skilled employees and entrepreneurs.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is facilitating a more reliable and sustainable electricity transmission network in Uzbekistan by providing fresh funds to state power transmission company National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan (NEGU).

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, and will attend of the informal CIS Summit on October 7 in St. Petersburg, the presidential press service said.

The governments of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will set up a joint venture to manage the Kempir-Abad (Andijan) reservoir on the border of the two countries, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said on his Facebook page.

By decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded the Friendship Order of the Highest Degree, announced the President’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

Uzbekistan ranked third in the CIS in terms of permanent population. As of January 1, 2022, the number of permanent residents in Uzbekistan stood at 35.3 million people, the State Statistics Committee said.

Seasonal charter flights could be launched between Uzbekistan and Oman. This was in particularly at a meeting held at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Oman with Hubert Peters, Sanjiv Alangad and Anil Kumar, executives of Akbar Travels travel company, Dunyo said.

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $2 million cooperative agreement to support the improvement of labor conditions and prevent forced labor and child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry.

Kazygurt - S. Nadzhimov border customs posts have been closed. According to the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, the Kazygurt customs post (Kazakhstan) - S. Nadzhimov customs post (Kibray district, Tashkent province) will not work from 09:00 on October 6 until 09:00 on October 7.

Uzbekistan Airways resumes direct flights to Kuala Lumpur from November 1, the company said. Reportedly, the price of twice-a-week one-way Tashkent to Kuala Lumpur starts from 4,347,523 soums, while the return ticket with luggage starts from 7,596,136 soums.

Uzbekistan Railways has announced an international tender for purchase of 34 modern electric trains, the Ministry of Transport said.

The Economist Intelligence Unit prepared the 2022 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) with the support of Corteva Agriscience. In the GFSI’s index from 2019 to 2022, Uzbekistan climbed 12 places, and this year was ranked 73rd out of 113 countries. Uzbekistan became the best improver among 10 in ensuring food safety in 2019-2022.

Conference call was held between officials of the Ministry of Transport, the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Latvia, the Ministry of Investments, Uzbekistan Airports and Finnair.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Agency for Development of Pharmaceutical Industry of Uzbekistan, has facilitated the expedited registration of six tuberculosis (TB) medications over the last year and a half.

905,200 births were recorded in Uzbekistan throughout 2021, making Uzbekistan the top country in the CIS in terms of birth rate per 1000 people - 25.9 the State Statistics Committee said.

The Senate will be convened for the thirty-third plenary session on October 7. The decision on this was made at a meeting of the kengash of the upper house of parliament chaired by the head of the Senate Tanzila Narbayeva on Tuesday.

Senate Chairperson Tanzila Narbaeva hosted the visiting Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau and discussed the reforms being undertaken in Uzbekistan.

Following the talks, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed a Joint Statement on the development of strategic partnership ties between Uzbekistan and Hungary, and oversaw the signing of a total of 16 bilateral accords.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held bilateral talks at the Carmelita Palace in Budapest, the presidential press service said in a statement.