Last year the Senate focused on the implementation of major statements and resolutions followed from the reports of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the first session of the Senate in January 26, 2010, joint session of Legislative Chamber and Senate in January 27, 2010 and Program of Action on implementation of the ‘Concept of intensifying democratic reforms and forming the civil society in the country’. The senators also spotlighted the State Program the Year of Small Business and Private Entrepreneurship.

Priority trends of the Senate’s activity in 2011 included the intensification of interaction between the committees of the Senate with the local councils of people's representatives and their standing committees.

In 2011 the Senate considered 80 issues and approved 41 laws aimed at further deepening of social and economic reforms, liberalization of judicial system, and improvement of state building and governance.

In the context of execution of exclusive authority of the Senate the participants considered the issue ‘On amnesty on the occasion of the nineteenth anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan’ and heard the reports of the Attorney General of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairman of the State Committee of Uzbekistan for Nature Protection, Chairman of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the information of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the answers of Chairman of the State Tax Committee of Uzbekistan and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan to interpellations. Besides, they elected nine judges of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and the Supreme Economic Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In line with the Resolution of the Council of the Senate ‘On preparation and conduct of elections of chairpersons (askakals) of citizens' assemblies and their advisers’ to March 30, 2011 9,973 chairmen (aksakals) of citizens' assemblies and more than 107,170 of their advisers were elected in May - June 2011.

Within the supervisory activities the Senate held 35 meetings of its committees, including 14 field meetings to track the execution of legislative acts. Along with that, the Senate arranged 8conferences, 13 panel discussions and 10 workshops to explore and discuss the urgent sociopolitical issues and the further improvement of the legal base of consistent and scaled reforms in the country.

Members of the Council also reviewed and approved the plan of legislative and supervisory activities, as well as the plan of action of the committees of the Senate for 2012. Like in previous years, they prioritized the enhancement of quality of conclusions on laws,  monitoring the execution of laws, resolutions of the Senate and its committees, arrangement of seminars, scientific conferences, and panel discussions on topical issues, as well as the activities under the State Program the Year of Family. The Council approved the action plan of the Commission of the Senate of Oliy Majlis to catalyze the activity of representative authorities on the ground.