An expanded meeting of the Council of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan was held

On October 21 2021 an expanded meeting of the Council of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the PAK Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

The event was attended by the Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Kusherbayev, Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Koshanov, Head of the Office of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy M.Kasymbekov, Deputy Chairman - Head of the PAK Secretariat M.Azilkhanov, heads of central and local public authorities, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, akims - chairmen of the PAK of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent and regions, members of the PAK Council, representatives of ethno-cultural associations, scientific and creative intelligentsia, public figures.

During the meeting, the main tasks of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan and pulic authorities in the context of the implementation of the decisions of the XXIX session of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan and the President's Address to the People of Kazakhstan "Unity of the people and systemic reforms – a solid foundation for the prosperity of the country" were discussed. It was noted that the Assembly continues to introduce new approaches aimed at building a unified civil nation, wider involvement of Kazakhstanis in socio-cultural, social and educational processes.

The meeting also considered topical issues of the activities of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan of the Turkestan region and the councils of mothers of the PAK to strengthen interethnic harmony.

In particular, Akim of Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev spoke about the activities of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan of the region to strengthen harmonious interethnic relations. Representatives of 50 different ethnic groups live in the region, which is 25 percent of the population of the region, for whom all the necessary conditions and infrastructure for the development of culture and traditions have been created.

Chairman of the Republican Council of Mothers of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan Nazipa Shanai spoke about the activities of this public structure. The councils of mothers deal with such urgent social problems as the prevention of divorce and domestic violence, suicide among young people, Internet addiction, prevention of the spread of drug addiction, etc. More than 44 thousand people are involved in projects in these areas.

Speaking about interethnic tolerance in Kazakhstan, the speaker noted that today more than 800 families in the country are raising children of different ethnic groups. As an example, she cited the Tulegenov family from the village of Altynsarino, Kostanay region. They have 12 children: six of them are Kazakhs, three are Russians, two are Tatars, one is Bashkir. In 2014, at the initiative of the Council of Mothers of the PAK region, a spacious house was built for this family as part of «the Asar» campaign.

In the speeches of other speakers, such topical topics as closer integration of citizens into a single Kazakh society, issues of teaching the state language as a factor in increasing the competitiveness of schoolchildren, the Internet and the problems of raising children, the formation of high-quality media content for children, cyberbullying, socialization of mothers with many children, etc. were raised.

At the end of the event, the Head of State outlined the priorities and tasks of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan, public authorities in the field of ensuring unity and harmony in society.

Special emphasis is placed on improving the efficiency of work at the local level, solving socio-economic issues, creating conditions and broad support for initiatives aimed at further consolidation of Kazakhstanis.

In addition, it was instructed to activate the activities of the Assembly's social institutions as mechanisms of mass public communication, introduce modern and effective formats of information and explanatory work, as well as provide systematic research and expert support of state policy in this area.

The President drew serious attention to the need to prevent discrimination and conflicts on interethnic grounds, to strictly suppress provocations and attempts to destabilize interethnic peace and harmony in Kazakhstan.

Public authorities and akimats have been instructed to provide full support to the activities of the Mothers' Councils and the Assembly's youth movement, civil initiatives to combat illegal content on the Internet, and counter cyberbullying.