COTTON

Representatives of the international Cotton Campaign coalition will be visiting Uzbekistan for assessing the results of the 2019 cotton harvest in the country, Trend reported via Uzbek media.

The Cotton Campaign is a global coalition of human rights, labor, investor and business organizations dedicated to eradicating child labor and forced labor in cotton production of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

On 30 December  2019, under the leadership of the Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov (until his appointment as Minister of Foreign Trade at the end of January 2019, Sardor Umurzakov led the Leather, Footwear and Fur Goods Association in Uzbekistan – “Uzcharmsanoat”), the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group to coordinate work related to the organization of constant, systemic interaction with the Cotton Campaign coalition, human rights organizations and industry associations of the United States.