Decree No. 183 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On improvement of the functioning of Hydrometeorological Service”. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Air & atmosphere, Environment gen. Keyword Institution Pollution control Hazards Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Research Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract The Premier decrees to transform Chief Directorate of Hydrometeorology into Hydrometeorological Service assigning thereto the following tasks and functions: (a) hydrometeorological observation and provision of branches of national economy and population with hydrometeorological information, including forecast of natural calamities and disasters and environmental pollution; (b) formation, updating and keeping national hydrometeorological database; and (c) scientific research in the sphere of hydrometeorology and environmental pollution. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz