The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Partnership for Innovation Program teamed up with PartnersGlobal to facilitate a week-long virtual exchange on ‘Good Governance and Civic Engagement’ that began today. Participants include members of Public Councils, State Administration, Parliament, and civil society organizations from Uzbekistan and the United States.

Uzbekistan Airways has announced the resumption of the Tashkent to Delhi regular flights, the company said in a statement. Reportedly, flights will be operated twice a week from March 5 this year on Tuesdays and Fridays:

Rano Juraeva has been appointed the CEO of Uzbekistan Airports, announced Aziza Umarova, a member of the supervisory board of Uzbekistan Airports.

On February 23, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev made remarks for the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Shavkat Mirziyoyev outlined the priorities of democratic transformations in Uzbekistan and the country's interaction within the council.

On February 16, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the International Commercial Arbitration Bill into Law. The document was passed by the Legislative Chamber on August 5 and approved by the Senate on September 11.

The United Nations Development Program, with financial support from the Government of Japan, provided technical assistance to the Makhalla and Family Support Ministry in creating digital infrastructure and services needed to support socially vulnerable groups, the press service of the UNDP in Uzbekistan said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Amendments and Addenda to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. According to the amendments made to the Criminal Procedure Code, from the moment of actual arrest or the actual completion of the operational-search measures related to detention, a person is provided with a private meeting with a defense lawyer prior to carrying out the related procedural actions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a new version of the foreign policy concept and the planned visits. At a briefing held at the national press center on February 19, Deputy Foreign Minister Furqat Siddiqov spoke about the changes in the foreign policy concept in the new edition and outlined the priority areas.

Stem cell transplantation is expected to be introduced in Uzbekistan in 2022-2023, said the chief of the Department of Hematology and Oncology of the National Children's Medical Center Kamol Iskandarov told about new medical practices in Uzbekistan.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, speaking at a session of the Namangan province council of People's Deputies on February 19, focused on countering the coronavirus pandemic and organizing mass vaccination.

The Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev invited his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev to visit Kazakhstan, the Akorda, Kazakh presidency press service reported.

On February 22, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the high-level segment of the 46th session of the United Nations Council on Human Rights.

The next destination during the visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Namangan was the Ishga Markhamat monocenter, where he met here with journalists and took questions from them.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), jointly with the National Chamber of Innovative Healthcare of Uzbekistan, organized online training for healthcare providers to
improve treatment of critically-ill COVID-19 patients requiring critical care and mechanical ventilation. This training is a part of USAID’s Local Health Systems Sustainability project activity to support Uzbekistan's response to COVID-19.

The first completely e-decision of a province’s governor in Uzbekistan’s history was signed by the Kashkadarya province governor Zoyir Mirzaev on February 18, the Ministry of Justice.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to Facilitate Swift Introduction of Artificial Intelligence Technologies Decree.

Alisher Usmanov offered to cover half of the costs for the purchase of 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccine as part of the first stage of mass vaccination, announced the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on February 19, speaking at a session of the Council of People's Deputies of Namangan province.

On February 18, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, who arrived in Dushanbe on a working visit, was hosted by the President Emomali Rahmon.

Uzbekistan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a cooperation program for 2021-2025.