Uzbekistan
Country report

Today in the world annually as a result of acts of nature, accidents, failures, ﬁres and accidents perishes
about two million people and some tens millions receive poisonings and traumas. In this direct and indirect
damage from acts of emergency situation natural and technogen character is estimated approximately infour-ﬁve percent of the total product of world economy.
In these conditions problems which are raised out in frameworks of UN a of struggle with all kinds ofdangers of the modern world becomes rather urgent and necessary.
In Uzbekistan, since the ﬁrst days of purchase of independence conducting the large work on development
and realization of state policy on forecasting, prevention and actions in conditions of extreme situations.
Territory of our government as Centralasian region, the territory of our state is comprised many potential
sources of extreme situations.
In this way, the questions of government protection, common and persons from the cataclysms of naturaland technogen character is one of strategic components national security of our government.
Serious anxiety cause at management of republic bordering of pollution of environment, which sources arein territory of the next states. Among them burial place radioactive rubbish and unconditional ore (lead,uranium, mercury, antimony), emissions, harmful to the man, freshet ﬂooding; ﬂows; threats of break on
high-mountainous lakes.
The break only one natural dam in Sarez Lake in Tadjikistan can real threat for life and health about six
million people who living in territories of Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. This
accident besides million human victims will cause huge destruction of an infrastructure used in agriculture,destruction available ﬂora and fauna, mass pollution of water resources.
The acts of nature have not national borders and they are identical dangerous to the people living in
territories of the diﬀerent states.
In case of large ﬁnancial costs for organization constant control for thawing of glaciers in territory of next
Kyrgyzstan of July seventh, in 1998 there was a break of high-mountainous lake on a glacier Dugoba of
Alay range in Tyan-Shan Mountains (4600-5024). Formed mud-stone torrent ﬂow is courageous from theground hundred inhabited constructions erected on coast of the mountain rivers of a settlement
Shahimardan of Republic of Uzbekistan. At this accident one hundred and four men were lost, the hugematerial and moral loss is put to the state and citizens.
Necessary to note that at presence of the good coordination between republics of Asian region
maintenance of the duly notiﬁcation of the people, it would be possible to avoid such accidents.
The earthquake is most dangerous extreme situation in Central Asia.
You likely heard about catastrophic earthquakes which were having place in ninety forty eight in
Ashkhabad (Turkmeniya) and in ninety sixty six in Tashkent. One of large disasters of such character which
was having place recently in our region, is the earthquake by force six ball, which has taken place on
February fourth, in 1998 in a province of Tahar of Republic of Afghanistan, as a result of which arecompletely destroyed twenty seven villages, more than four thousand people were lost.
The large problem for republic is landslips, landslides and avalanches. Especially their number from year toyear is grows. For the prevention warning of negative inﬂuences from these phenomenon at us developed
and carried out whole complex of measures . Most eﬀective of them is the preliminary resettlement of thepeople from landslipable of zones in safe territories. For example, for last six years from one hundred andtwenty occupied items placed in mountain areas, are moved more than thirty thousand people, hundreds
improving objects are removed, tens kilometers of motorways and channels are transferred.

In industrial sector of our state has hundreds large ﬁre, explosion and chemically of dangerous
enterprises. The maintenance of their safety, steady functioning is one of the important directions of statepolicy.
For last years in republic much is made for creation of strong legal base on protection of the population
against acts of nature and technogen accidents. To their number is possible to relate the Law of Republicof Uzbekistan " About the conception of national safety " from August 29, 1997. In this Law the vital
national interests recognize maintenance of optimum ecological conditions for ability to live of the man,protection of health of the people, creation of a stable ecological situation.
In the country created and working State system of the prevention and actions in extreme situations. The
management of this system is entrusted to the Ministry on extreme situations.
For resolution of problems transbordering pollution of an environment between Republics of Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan is signed the intergovernmental agreement, developed the program of actions
on realization of joint works. But speed of realization of the given program has diﬃculty by big ﬁnancial
expenses.
At present time there is necessary to decide some questions to develop international mutual cooperation
to prevent and liquidation of emergency situation of natural and technogen character such as:
1.Exchange of scenic-technical attainment to prevent of emergency situation, to conduct mutual research:
2.Experience exchange to provide government structures, economic and people for emergency situation:
3.Familarization to organize foreign experience and developing of national system to prevent emergency
situation, developing mutual projects.
4.Operational information exchange, especially with bordering states in questions of how to forecast
situation, capacity of necessary assistance.
5.Training and learning specialists, conduct joint training.
6.Experience exchange of citizen to prevent emergency situation.
7.To participate liquidation of emergency situation abroad using our forces, which are members of“International register fast reaction”.

Everything which said requires from us of improvement of cooperation, study of the saved experience,
activation of work on struggle with acts of nature, coordination of our activity in the internationalorganizations. In general to make everything to ensure calmness and prosperity of our peoples.