Humanity has been reached tremendous achievements and high limits in recent years. However, people still do not feel safe and secure due to the risks that are globalizing in parallel with the progress of the world. Undoubtedly, one of these risks and threats is international terrorism. The whole world is aligned oneself in the fight against this evil, yet terrorism is still in existence in its manifestations.
We remember that the UN has developed a global strategy to combat international terrorism, one of the most significant issues of modern times more than 15 years ago. Because terrorism was seen as a serious threat to the sustainable development of every nation, people, region, and population, the whole world deduce that progress was impossible without overcoming it. It is obvious that no country can offer resistance stand-alone against terrorism. It is possible to achieve the expected result only with the joint efforts of all states, international structures, and non-governmental organizations.
One such effort was the recent high-level international conference titled “Regional cooperation of Central Asian countries within the framework of the Joint Action Plan for the Implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy” held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
In the speech of the President of Uzbekistan, Mr. Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the conference participants, he highlights the necessary mechanisms for interstate cooperation on a global and regional scale, in line with the necessity for full-scale counterterrorism. Worldwide dangerousness, solely to be overcome together, there is no other way.
Holding a high-level conference in Uzbekistan is symbolic noteworthiness. Speaking to the participants of the conference, Mr. Mirziyoyev has expressed concrete views in different areas aimed at coping with this global problem. Consequently, the fight against terrorism is the f center of gravity of Uzbekistan’s leadership. In this sense, Tashkent had the right to host the international conference in question.
The nature of the threat may change in the course of time. For instance, when the concept of cyber terrorism emerges, it becomes much more problematic to control the situation regarding cryptocurrencies. There is no doubt that these factors also serve to finance terrorist activities in our region.
Mr. Mirziyoyev has stated that as a solution to the problem, it is necessary to direct the youth people to the right path and to endeavour with them actively. Terrorist groups often strive to bring young people who have no experience of life without a broad worldview into the fold. This is clearly evident from the terrorist groups operating in different parts of the world.
It is significant that representatives of international organizations and foreign experts participating in this prestigious forum actively support all initiatives and proposals put forward by Uzbekistan.
A key point of the international event was the adoption of the Tashkent Declaration and the updated Joint Plan of Action. It is possible to say that the Tashkent Declaration was a great success of Uzbek diplomacy.
According to its substance and importance, the document in question is a coherent and logical extension of two counter-terrorism declarations. These documents; the Samarkand Declaration on increasing the role of young people in countering violent extremism and terrorist radicalization; and the Dushanbe Declaration on the sources of its financing, including international and regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism and organized crime such as drug trafficking.
The Tashkent Declaration and the updated Joint Action Plan play a crucial role in unifying the efforts of Central Asian countries and the whole world in the fight against terrorism. This was also emphasized by the forum participants.
Naturally, the successful implementation of the agreements and tasks which is defined in the Tashkent Declaration and the Joint Action Plan demands great responsibility from the parliamentary representatives. However, it is also a serious necessity to strengthen the cooperation of Central Asian parliaments. After all, bilateral and multilateral partnerships serve as a substantial and effective mechanism for discussing and promoting all counter-terrorism measures.
This respectable international conference held in Tashkent and of the accepted Tashkent Declaration has great importance in accelerating the efforts of the world community to combat terrorism. The next goal is the consistent implementation of the tasks has described here.
