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.