Uzbekistan announces 2015 as Year of Attention and Care for Elder People

06/12/2014 | Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan announced 2015 as the Year of Attention and Care for Elder People. This was announced at the solemn ceremony dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, which is marked on 8 December. The event was held at Uzbekistan International Forums Palace.

Speaking at the ceremony, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov offered to name 2015 as the Year of Attention and Care for Elder People, which was supported by the participants.

As reported earlier, 2014 was announced as the Year of Healthy Children in Uzbekistan and the Government approved special programme. Uzbekistan plans to direct 4.51 trillion soums or US$302.9 million to implementation of the programme.

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