The following is full text of Decree of the President of Uzbekistan ?On appointing members of Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan?.

NEW YORK, January 20, 2005 -- Freedom House reported today on the results of an Uzbekistan government investigation into the cause of the death in custody of a prisoner on January 2.

Upper chamber of the Uzbek parliament was officially formed on Monday. Central Election Commission registered 84 elected Senators, while the President of Uzbekistan appointed 16 Senators with his decree.

A Regional Round Table involving representatives from Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and UK Government Department for International Development (DFID) will be held on 3-4 February 2005 to approve a regional HIV/AIDS Program.

Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Mirabror Usmanov attended the ceremony of inauguration of the newly elected President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.

US President George W. Bush congratulated his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov on Eid al-Adha.

The government of Uzbekistan and the World Bank signed a US$1.69 million grant agreement on Friday to help people of Bukhara and Samarkand reduce water losses.

Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan issued a resolution on announcing 21 January as day-off. The resolution said the first day of Eid al-Adha, 21 January, would be holiday in Uzbekistan.

AmeriCares, international humanitarian organization (USA), donated humanitarian aid shipment at an official ceremony at Soglom Avlod Uchun (For Healthy Generation) nongovernmental charity on 4 January.

On 12 January, US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jon Purnell presented two new ?Gyurza? river patrol boats to the Border Troops of the National Security Service.

Fifth session of Uzbekistan-European Union Cooperation Committee, main executive body in implementation of provisions of the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the sides, was held in Brussels, Belgium.

President Islam Karimov congratulated Victor Yushenko with election to the presidential post of Ukraine on 7 January.

At a time when many American Jewish leaders hold back from entering into dialogue with Muslims for fear of appearing to condone terrorism, a leader of the Bukharian Jewish community has boldly stepped into the breach.

Preliminary results of re-voting on elections to Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan indicate that deputies from all 58 election constituencies were elected.

First aircraft of Uzbekiston Havo Yollari delivered 35 tones of humanitarian aid to Medan city of Indonesia on Monday, Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

The State Department released a Report on Global Anti-Semitism prepared for the House and Senate Foreign Relations committees on 5 January.

Officials from nine countries, including the United States, will meet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) on 11January for the first in a series of conferences designed to increase security cooperation among states in the Central and South Asia region.

Interstate Coordination Council on International Transportation Routes was created in Tashkent on 5 January 2005.

Museum of Cinema in Tashkent will host Days of Polish movies from 11 January to 30 January. The event is organized by the embassy of Poland in Uzbekistan.

Newly created Liberal-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan holds the majority of seats in the lower chamber of the Uzbek parliament after the first round of elections.