In 2008 the international community will celebrate the 60th anniversary of adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which has secured the main democratic principles and requirements in the sphere of observing the human rights and freedoms and has become a political and legal framework for establishment of an entire system of international law in this area.

On April 29-30 this year Tashkent hosted the International Conference on security and sustainable development in Central Asia “Peace and stability in Afghanistan: ways and methods of achieving them”.