«The People Of Uzbekistan,
solemnly declaring their adherence to human rights and principles of state sovereignty,
being aware of their ultimate responsibility to the present and the future generations,
relying on historical experience in the development of the Uzbek statehood,
affirming their commitment to the ideals of democracy and social justice,
recognizing priority of the generally accepted norms of the international law,
aspiring to a worthy life for the citizens of the Republic,
setting forth the task of creating a humane and democratic law-governed state,
aiming to ensure civil peace and national accord,
adopt in the person of their plenipotentiary representatives the present Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan».
This is how the Constitution of Uzbekistan that is the main political document of our state begins.
The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the basic law of the Republic. It was adopted on December 8, 1992 at the eleventh session of the Supreme Council of Uzbekistan. This document specifies all the political principles of our country and all the rights and obligations of citizens. It protects every citizen of Uzbekistan. Our Constitution is also a symbol of the democracy of Uzbekistan because it states that Uzbekistan is a democratic state, “the state expresses the will of the people and serves their interests. State bodies and officials are responsible to society and citizens” and that “the people are the only sources of state power.” Everyone should know about this document, which is why we start to learn about it in elementary school.
The day of adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan is an important holiday for the whole country. This day is a day off and it is celebrated everywhere in our country.
On December 7, a solemn school meeting dedicated to the Constitution Day was organized in our school. The pupils sang the anthem, read poems about the State Emblem and the flag of our country, talked about the importance of the national symbols, about their meaning, about the importance of the Constitution itself. The children showed a conscious and serious attitude to the Constitution as a source of their rights and obligations, with which they are already well acquainted.
Each of us as a citizen of Uzbekistan is given certain rights: to life, to medical care, to education, to freedom of conscience and choice of religion, and many others. We must remember that no one has the right to deprive us of this. But at the same time, we should not forget that the Constitution has imposed on us certain duties to the state and to each other, which we must observe, because the goal of our people is “the creation of a humane democratic rule of law”, peace and national accord in our country.
