The summit will be held on September 8-9 on the theme "Parliamentary leadership: forecasting risks for more effective sustainability and prosperity". The forum is attended by heads of international organizations such as the UN, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, as well as more than 120 representatives of parliaments of 17 states.
The summit will discuss priority tasks for parliaments and directions of concrete actions in such areas as guaranteeing gender equality in the processes of the crisis caused by the pandemic, ensuring sustainable development and well-being, and empowering women in economic recovery.
The 14th summit of women leaders of parliaments of the IPU member states was opened by the Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan Tanzila Narbayeva.
At the beginning of the event, the press secretary of the head of our state Sherzod Asadov announced the address of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the participants of the international forum, the Dune news agency reports.
It should be noted that the IPU unites the parliaments of about 200 countries and is the largest platform for dialogue. At the summit of women heads of parliaments of the member states of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, held last year in Vienna, it was decided to hold another such format in Uzbekistan.
