The International Labour Organization supervisory body recommends that the Uzbek government...take urgent and serious action to end forced labour of children and adults in the cotton sector...[T]he state system of forced child labour is serious, systematic and continuous. The Uzbek government has already mobilized children as young as age 10 as well as adults, to plough and weed cotton fields...[F]orced labour of government employees this spring has again disrupted the delivery of essential public services, including health care and education...During the hearing, Uzbekistan again denied that children worked in the cotton fields in 2012 and remained silent about the existence of adult forced labour. As the International Trade Union Confederation and International Organization of Employers noted, this claim lacks evidence and contradicts the facts presented by independent civil society..."To demonstrate commitment, the Uzbek government must invite a high level tripartite ILO mission by August 1, in order to monitor the 2013 cotton harvest,” said Joanna Ewart-James [from Anti-Slavery International].