Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan has been admitted to associate members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA). This was reported by the Permanent Mission of our country to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva.

Membership in the Association gives Uzbekistan the right to be represented by the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations at the events organized by it to exchange experience and best practices, and to use its services.

ISSA General Secretary Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, welcoming the accession of Uzbekistan to the Association, said that this decision was fully approved by its governing body, the Bureau. Work in this direction was carried out jointly with the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of Uzbekistan.

The association was founded in 1927 under the auspices of the International Labor Organization (ILO). It brings together institutions and administrative structures involved in various types of social protection of countries from around the world. At present, 320 institutions from 150 countries are members of ISSA. The headquarters is located in Geneva (Switzerland).

ISSA develops and provides its members with professional guidelines, professional standards, research and analysis to help develop a dynamic system and social security policy.

The ISSA General Assembly is considered the largest international forum in the social sphere. In the course of it, the most urgent problems and promising directions of development of national social systems are discussed taking into account modern world trends.