Main objective of the Working Group is implement the reform-related decisions made by Vilnius Ministerial Conference held on June 2011. This year’s meetingdiscussed the issues and reached together with other working groups some agreements on activating participation and roles of civil society organizations in actions related to the renovation of the CD’s structure. In addition to it, the meeting’s participants heard a draft budget introduced....More>>

A round table meeting titled "Mongolia, the USA and the World" was held on Tuesday 31 January in New York city, USA. It was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the United States. The meeting was organized jointly by the "Council on Foreign Relations", american NGO aimed to support information exchange and promote strategic studies and the Indo-Mongolia Society of New York. The first part of the meeting was chaired by Mr. Kh.Bekhbat....More>>

Mongolia has been ranked 100th on the press freedom index among the world’s countries. On February 1, the ranking for 2011/2012 was released by the Reporters without Borders (RWB) international NGO.According to the report, Mongolia’s rank went down against the previous year, followed by Gabon, Cyprus and Chad. By the index of 2010, Mongolia was 76thFinland and Norway were considered the freest press countries keeping their rankings from.....More>>

The Mongolian parliament’s approval of a bill that aims to
scrap the death penalty is a vital step towards full abolition of the death penalty in Mongolia,Amnesty International said today.
The bill, which ratifies the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),was approved today by a large majority of MPs.
“The Mongolian parliament’s vote today is another....More>>

The Mongolian President expressed thanks to Austria for supporting Mongolia's democracy and then confirmed that the Austrian president has been invited to visit Mongolia. Mr. Elbegdorj hopes that regularizing pf mutual visits will significantly contribute to forwarding of the Mongolia-Austria ties. In turn, Mr. Fischer promised to visit Mongolia. Since the next high-level meeting of the Community of Democracies (CD) has been scheduled next year in Austria,...More>>

On November 28, S.Bayartsogt, Minister of Finance, and Martin Sajdik, Ambassador of Austria to China signed an agreement on financial cooperation to be established between the governments of Mongolia and the Republic of Austria.In frames of the agreement, Austria’s government will grant a soft-loan of up to EUR 40 million to Mongolia for two years. The money will go into the fields of infrastructure, local water supply, sanitation, traffic safety, railway, education, vocational training,health, social welfare and others.......More>>