Uzbekistan continued to demonstrate major progress in the eradication of child labour and forced labour in the 2020 Cotton Harvest.
H.E. M. Tanzila Narbaeva – Senate Chair and Head of the National Commission on Forced Labour and Human Trafficking, experts and distinguished guests will join us to discuss the results of the 2020 Cotton Harvest in Uzbekistan.
Agenda
INTRODUCTION Mr. Kevin Cassidy – Director, ILO Office for the United States
OPENING REMARKS H.E. M. Tanzila Narbaeva – Senate Chair and Head of the National Commission on Forced Labour and Human Trafficking (video address)
SURVEY RESULTS: ILO THIRD-PARTY MONITORING OF THE 2020 COTTON HARVEST Mr. Jonas Astrup – ILO Chief Technical Adviser, Third Party Monitoring Project in Uzbekistan Mr. Sukrat Gunaev – Independent Civil Society Monitor
REACTIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY H.E. Mr. Daniel Rosenblum –Ambassador of the United States to Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Olivier Chave – Ambassador of Switzerland to Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Jussi Närvi – Ambassador of the European Union to Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Günter Overfeld – Ambassador of Germany to Uzbekistan Mr. Marco Mantovanelli – World Bank Country Manager, Uzbekistan Ms. Helena Fraser – UN Resident Coordinator, Uzbekistan. H. E. Erkin mukhitdinov - First Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations
CLOSE OF PROGRAMME Mr. Kevin Cassidy – Director, ILO Office for the United States
