It its Resolution of 15 December 2011 the EP had concluded
that Parliament will only consider the consent to the Textile
Protocol if the ILO observers, have been granted access by the
Uzbek authorities to undertake close and unhindered monitoring
and have confirmed that concrete reforms have been
implemented and yielded substantial results in such a way that
the practice of forced labour and child labour is effectively in the
process of being eradicated at national, viloyat and local level.
The conclusions of ILO and World Bank demonstrate that
Uzbek authorities have fully met the EP’s requests outlined
in the Resolution.
Taking into account the positive dynamics in cooperation of
Uzbekistan with the EU, ILO and World bank, we hope that this
year the European Parliament will approve the Textile Protocol,
which signed on 7 April 2011.