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Uzbek boy pulls a bag with cotton collected on the field some 50 km south from Tashkent
Uzbek boy pulls a bag with cotton collected on the field some 50 km south from Tashkent
The third and final draft was published after a subcommittee of World Bank's executive board endorsed it on Thursday. The board is expected to approve the document on August 4. Since 2012, when the policy review was launched, human rights groups have been calling on the bank to include stronger wording that would protect human rights in countries in which it develops projects, but the organization declined to do so.
Rights groups expressed their disappointment over the result of the long work, saying World Bank is missing a historic chance.
"In refusing to acknowledge its rights obligations once again, the World Bank anticipates it will be able to violate human rights without consequence," said Jessica Evans, senior international financial institutions researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Rather than using this review of key environment and social policies to advance human rights and cement its role as a leader in development, the World Bank has done the opposite."
Comment: Tajikistan recently announced their consideration of membership in joining the Russian led Eurasian Economic Union. Central Asia has for decades been the center of the continuation of the Great Games. As the West's plans are failing in Syria, we'll likely be seeing renewed expressions of their chaos in other parts of the world.
See: Tajikistan considers Eurasian Economic Union membership