Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- At the twenty-second plenary session of the Senate, senators also discussed the Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Connection with Improving the System of Working with Youth".

It was noted that a completely new system of work with youth has been created in the country, and the activities of the Agency for Youth Affairs have been adjusted. Its main tasks are the development and implementation of a unified state policy, strategic directions and state programs in areas and directions related to youth.

To create a solid legal basis for these tasks and powers, the new Law introduces amendments to the laws "On the prevention of neglect and delinquency among minors", "On the prevention of delinquency", "On state youth policy" and "On the protection of children from information harmful to their health".

As a specially authorized state body, the Agency for Youth Affairs is empowered to monitor the implementation of legislation on state youth policy, participate in the prevention of delinquency among young people, make submissions to the heads of state bodies and organizations to eliminate identified violations of legislation on youth policy, which are subject to mandatory consideration.

In addition, it is established that a specially authorized state body and its territorial departments have the right to send inquiries to state bodies and organizations with the requirement to provide substantiated explanations on the implementation of regulatory legal acts and programs for the implementation of state youth policy.

It is legally stipulated that drafts of normative legal acts directly or indirectly influencing the implementation of state youth policy must be coordinated with a specially authorized state body.

The law defines the powers of the Agency for Youth Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial divisions in the field of protecting children from information that is harmful to their health.

The senators who spoke during the discussion noted with regret the prevalence of offenses committed by young people today on social networks, in particular videos reflecting hooligan antics, and also assessed such stories as information harmful to the health of children. They stressed the desirability of giving the Youth Affairs Agency a number of powers to prevent such cases.

In short, the adoption of the Law will become the basis for the legal consolidation of the powers of the Agency for Youth Affairs in the field of state youth policy, prevention of neglect and delinquency among young people, protection of children from information harmful to their health, as well as improving the system for implementing state youth policy.

Following the discussion, a corresponding resolution of the Senate was adopted.