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22.
The Committee is concerned at the limited access of ethnic minorities to
employment in the public sector and in decision-making bodies. The Committee is
concerned at reports of the alleged use of a forced assimilation policy of ‘Turkmenisation’,
which seriously reduces opportunities for ethnic minorities in the fields of employment,
education and political life (arts. 25, 26 and 27).
The State party should strengthen its efforts to promote the participation of
minority groups in public life and decision-making bodies by, inter alia, adopting
temporary special measures. The State party is requested to provide in its second
periodic report data disaggregated by ethnic groups on the representation of minority
groups in public office and decision-making positions.
23.
The State party should widely disseminate the Covenant, the Optional Protocols to
the Covenant, the text of the initial report, the written responses it has provided in response
to the list of issues drawn up by the Committee, and the present concluding observations
among the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society and nongovernmental organizations operating in the country, as well as the general public. The
report and the concluding observations should be translated into the official language of the
State party.
24.
In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the
State party should provide, within one year, relevant information on its implementation of
the Committee’s recommendations made in paragraphs 9, 13 and 18 above.
25.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, in its next periodic report due to
be submitted on 30 March 2015, specific, up-to-date information on the implementation of
all its recommendations and on the Covenant as a whole. The Committee also requests the
State party, when preparing its next periodic report, to broadly consult civil society and
non-governmental organizations operating in the country.
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