Julie’s Heart Cry Ministry Hello Everyone. December 1st marks Karakalpak Language Day. As we celebrate, it highlights the challenges imposed by the Uzbekistan government in eradicating Karakalpak language and culture. In our own land, official paperwork cannot be filled out in Karakalpak language, and key government positions in Karakalpakstan are predominantly held by ethnic Uzbeks. Although Karakalpakstan is a sovereign republic within Uzbekistan, a 1993 agreement outlined a temporary 20-year union allowing reconsideration. Last year, the Uzbek government brutally suppressed peaceful protestors promoting a desperate call for international assistance from the Karakalpak people. Despite the UN Human Rights Commissioner visiting Karakalpakstan, the Uzbek government’s manipulation hindered accurate observation. Uzbekistan’s adeptness at pleasing western countries and international organizations underscores the need for the west and the global community to challenge Uzbekistan. Allowing international organizations to establish representative offices in Karakalpakstan would be a crucial step. Encouraging the international community to open offices in Karakalpakstan could potentially curb Uzbekistan’s actions, and protect the rights of the Karakalpak people. I encourage the international organizations to come visit and make studies and you’re your offices in Karakalpakstan. We are facing not only ecological and environmental disasters, we are also facing genocide. People are being murdered, innocent people are being imprisoned, women are tortured and rape. Uzbekistan is lawless, they have been getting away with all these crimes [interrupted by the Chair]