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6. 

Since 2013, the WBG has been working on a number of measures designed to foster 

socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable production of cotton in Uzbekistan, 

including the elimination of child and forced labor. Key among these measures is the Third Party 

Monitoring and a Feedback Mechanism noted above. To this end, on October 15, 2014, the WBG 

signed a Memorandum of Understanding stipulating that the ILO will carry out monitoring in WBG-

financed project areas in 2015 and 2016 as agreed with the government. The Feedback Mechanism is 

also implemented by the ILO and includes three components: (a) strengthening the existing Uzbek 

Grievance Redress Mechanisms (GRM); (b) a “facilitation” handled by the ILO as managers of the 

TPM, which serves as an independent channel for people not wishing to work through Uzbek 

channels; and (c) an international channel through the ILO’s supervisory mechanism. 

 

7. 

The WBG remains concerned about the continuing risks of forced labor in the context