- UNESCO 43rd General Conference held at Samarkand (Uzbekistan).
Uzbekistan
- Location: Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
- Capital: Tashkent
- Bordering Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan.
- Bordering Waterbodies: Aral Sea
- Geography: Part of the Eurasian Steppe or Great Steppe.
- Climatic Type: Continental Climate
- International Groupings – Member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Uzbekistan is also a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and hosts the SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. Uzbekistan joined the new Central Asian Cooperation Organisation (CACO) in 2002, Central Asian Union.
