When Mr Bold spoke about the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies (CoD), which will run this April in Ulaanbaatar, Mr Rod-Larsen expressed a readiness to collaborate with Mongolia in this conference. He also said the IPI wants to cooperate with Mongolia in specific matters and put forward some proposals. Mr Bold touched upon a preparation for the CoD's Ministerial Conference, and raised issues of developing the collaboration....More>>

The Embassy of Mongolia will be closed on 11 and 12 February 2013 for the Mongolian traditional Lunar New Year / Tsagaan sar and reopens on 13 February 2013 ....More>>

Pursuant to the official schedule, it would adjourn on February 10, but this day is coinciding the Lunar New year eve. Last week, a plenary meeting ad¬opted some draft new wording of a law, bills and several draft resolutions on setting up a temporary committee called "Mining Development", and appoint¬ing Ambassadors to some states, and members of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) . . . . . .. .....More>>

The conference, which is arranged every year, this time brought together State Heads, Foreign Affairs and De¬fense ministers of some 90 countries, also senior figures from around the world to have them all engaged in an intensive debate on current and future security challenges. Present were also the United Nations, NATO, EU, OSCE and the Arab League's delegations. This year's conference has dis¬cussed global geopolitical issues such as energy security, the nuclear matter of Iran . . . . . .. .....More>>

Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag addressed the plenary meeting of the parliamentary session on the economic outlook for 2013. The inflationary annual difference was 14 per cent in the year 2012, moreover, the inflation rate increased rapidly, reaching 16 per cent by April of 2012, and it seemed to reach 18-19 per cent by end of 2012, "but the cabinet and the Bank of Mongolia co-realized a programme with four directions and managed to stop . . . . . .. .....More>>

Mr Kreutner said it by his letter sent Thursday to L.Bold, the Minister of For¬eign Affairs. In his letter, Mr Kreutner underlined an importance of the CoD's role in strengthening the potential of de¬mocracy, and noted about importance of focusing big attention of the CoD into global urgent problems. He also highly spoke Mongolian efforts to prevent cor¬ruption and combat against it, and said he intends to discuss issues on the col¬laboration ...More>>

The main objective of this plan is to improve the living quality of Mongolians by creating a sustainable and effective environment for ensuring the gender equality. Obligations have been given to the cabinet members to place money in the Strategic plan of socio-economic devel¬opment and in annual state budget, and to take measures for attracting invest¬ments from domestic and foreign orga¬nizations to the strategic plan .....More>>

Annually, Mongolia imports approximately 1.1 million tonnes of oil products, of which 98.2 percent is from Russia, 1 percent from China and 0.6 percent from S. Korea, spending approximately USD1 billion. 60 percent of the imported oil products are sold wholesale and 40 percent is sold retail. As of 2011, Mongolia’s consumption of oil products reached 1.050 million tonnes, of which 32 percent were petroleum, 2.27 percent—fuel for airplanes, . . . . . .. .....More>>

At the cabinet meeting, it was decided to create a united system of controlling comments in websites. The Information, Communications Technology and Post Authority was given a duty to work-out and introduce software and technical solutions for the system. The Regulatory Committee of Communications was ordered to draw up rules on criteria for granting domain names and for websites engaged in the media sector. It is considered . . . . . .. .....More>>

On January 5, authorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received Mr.Gombosuren Tserenpil who worked as a Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988-1996. The Ministry’s leaders paid tribute to him on his 70th birth anniversary. As Ambassador of Mongolia, Ts.Gombosuren worked as an administrative officer of the diplomatic service for many years, contributing to the designing of an open, multilateral and independent foreign policy . . . . . .. .....More>>

Only foreign policy can ensure a country’s security in times of great development of sciences, IT, widening of the political and economic integration, deepening of the nations’ dependence, and globalization of the world, said the Foreign Minister L.Bold at a consultation of Mongolian diplomatic mission heads. On December 28, a two-day action themed ‘Foreign policy and activities of Cabinet for reforms’ kicked off in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. . . . . .. .....More>>

On December 27 a meeting of the diplomatic representative offices of Mongolia was held. The meeting’s topic was ‘New Policy and Activities of the government in regard of the foreign political course’. In his address at the 2-day seminar, Foreign Minister L.Bold said that “well-thought foreign policy will be able to ensure the country’s security at the present time when the globalization process is expanding, science, technology and information is rapidly . . . . .. .....More>>

On December 28, President Ts. Elbegdorj met Mongolia’s Ambassadors to foreign countries. At the meeting, the President said, “We are meeting on the eve of an historical event. Last year, Mongolia marked its 100th anniversary of independence. We are meeting this anniversary on first year of the second hundred. Our ancestors restored national freedom and independence 101 years ago and attached importance to many things, . . . . .. .....More>>

The Embassy of Mongolia will be closed over the holiday period from Monday 31 December 2012 to Tuesday 1 January 2013. The Embassy will be open on Saturday, 5 January 2013 . . . . .. .....More>>

Since 2010, the discussion on poverty in Mongolia has been dominated by discussion over the numbers. The four national household surveys conducted between 1995 and 2007/08 produced poverty estimates that are not comparable because of methodological differences from one survey to the next. Additionally, there was disagreement over the official poverty estimate of 2007/08 and an alternative figure was produced. The lack of consensus on the extent . . . . .. .....More>>

On December 5, L.Bold, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs attended the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels, Belgium with non-NATO ISAF Contributing Nations. At the meeting, Mr. Bold delivered a speech The Foreign Minister appreciated achievements of the international community and said Mongolia contributed to them. He also spoke about Mongolia’s participation in this community until 2014 and further. . . . .. .....More>>

On December 10, S.Badral, Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia participated in the 6th Community of Democracies Governing Council Meeting in Washington DC, USA. Mr. Badral addressed the meeting’s opening, underlining that this event coincides with International Human Rights Day and the 23rd anniversary of the Mongolian democratic revolution. Then the gathered discussed a list of countries and . . . .. .....More>>

On December 6-7, a Mongolian delegation headed by Foreign Minister L.Bold and J.Enkhsaikhan, Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) took part in the 19th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council held in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland. The Mongolian delegation attended the OSCE meeting for the first time as a Participant-state of the OSCE. This year’s . . . .. .....More>>

On December 3, the Nuclear Energy Agency organized an event called ‘Uses in daily life’. At the event, Prime Minister N. Altankhuyag attended and underlined the importance of giving people an understanding about the sector’s policy and activity. He said, “Today, people have very poor knowledge about nuclear energy and responsible organizations can’t give adequate information about it to people. Therefore, people think that nuclear technology is very . . . .. .....More>>

During its week-long serial activities in honor of the 100th day of the newly elected Government for Change, activities done and works planned were introduced. On December 1, serial activities in honor of the government’s 100th day concluded with a meeting of honor and a cultural performance. To open the meeting, Prime Minister N. Altankhuyag gave a report entitled ‘New Government for Changes in 100 days’. . . .. .....More>>

On November 22, President Ts.Elbegdorj met with EU Ambassadors to Mongolia. To begin the meeting, Mr. Markus Ederer, EU Ambassador to Mongolia, expressed thanks for the audience on behalf of himself and other Ambassadors and underlined that Ambassadors of EU countries are interested in some reforms after this year’s parliamentary election, the local elections, matters on developing the democracy, implementation . . .. .....More>>

The cabinet made a decision to improve the speed of Internet access and reduce local Internet prices. As of today, only eight percent total of families in aimags centers and one percent in soums have been connected to the Internet and it means the Internet access rate is still at a low level in aimags. Thus, the Internet access price will be reduced by three times and the speed will be doubled in accordance with a joint decision of the Information Communication . . .. .....More>>

On November 20, Catherine Ashton, spokesperson of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement on Mongolia’s accession to the OSCE: “The High Representative welcomes the decision of the OSCE Ministerial Council on Mongolia’s accession to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. It is recognition that we share the same . . .. .....More>>

The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, welcomed on 22 November 2012 the Permanent Representative of Mongolia, Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, to the OSCE following the decision for the country to become the Organization’s 57th participating State. “Mongolia’s successful application shows that our Organization continues to be valued as a forum where security issues can be . . .. .....More>>

DUBLIN, 21 November 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, today announced that Mongolia has acceded to the OSCE, becoming the Organization’s 57th participating State.
The OSCE is the world’s largest regional security organization, working to ensure peace, democracy and stability for more than a billion people in . . .. .....More>>

A Mongolian parliamentary delegation led by M.Batchimeg MP took part as an observer in the 58th session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. It ran from November 10-12 in Prague, the Czech Republic. At a meeting of the Standing committees held within the session, the president of the NATO parliamentary Assembly Mr. Karl A.Lamers received the Mongolian delegation. He recalled visiting Mongolia in 2010 by invitation of . . .. .....More>>

S.Badral, Ambassador-at-Large to the Community of Democracies (CoD) chaired the first discussion on a draft resolution on Education for Democracy. The discussion was held in frames of the 2nd consultative meeting of the resolution’s co-initiators which took place on November 6 in New York City, USA. Mongolia initiated this resolution in scope of realizing the key objectives of the CoD and is working on having it adopted by . . .. .....More>>

Six new projects funded by the European Union (EU) for an approximate € 1.6 million have just recently begun implementation of their activities in Mongolia. All projects were selected through open calls for proposals launched by the Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia in the framework of the European Thematic Budget Lines targeting Civil society organizations, notably the Instrument for ‘’Non State Actors’ (NSA) . . .. .....More>>

On November 15, an official intergovernmental meeting of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Japan started in Ulaanbaatar under the auspice of Mongolia’ President Ts. Elbegdorj. The Working Group responsible for normalizing DPRK-Japan relations last met in Mongolia in September, 2007. The meeting was first organized within six-party talks on the Korean peninsula. This time, the meeting recognized as an official inter-governmental . . .. .....More>>

On November 14, 2012, Mongolians celebrated the 850th birthday of Chinggis Khaan who conquered half of world and founded the Great Mongolian Empire. The President of Mongolia issued a decree in 2009 to celebrate the Day Mongolian Pride with the 850th birth anniversary of Chinggis Khaan, founder of the Great Mongolian Empire and man of the Millennium who perpetuated world history, in 2012 nationwide. Recently, Parliament made . . .. .....More>>

On September 25, Mongolian President Ts.Elbegdorj and accompanying officials were received by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon together with other high officials. Then, the General Debate of the 67th ession of the UN General Assembly was opened. On September 24, the previous day, Ts.Elbegdorj met with US President Barak Obama and the US first lady at a dinner hosted by Mr. Obama. During the event, the President .. .....More>>

From October 1-4, Bob Carr, Senator and Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia paid an official visit to Mongolia at the invitation his Mongolian counterpart L.Bold within the 40th anniversary of Mongolia-Australia diplomatic relations. On October 3, President Ts. Elbegdorj received Mr. Carr. At the meeting with President Elbegdorj, the president expressed satisfaction with the Australian FM’s visit which .. .....More>>

The Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Ts.Oyungerel received on Tuesday a delegation of Austria. The visitors were Dr Brigitte Winklehner, the president of the Eurasia- Pacific Uninet; Dr Wolf-Dieter Rausch, the vice president of the network; Ms Gudrun Hardiman-Pollross, a representative of Austria's Embassy in Beijing; and D.Sergelen, a Honorary Consul of Austria in Mongolia The sides shared views on drawing up a programme of cultural activities .. .....More>>

President Ts.Elbegdorj gave the following comments to reporters’ questions at the press conference today held on the occasion of the state visit of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, regarding his recent visit to the nuclear facility in Natant of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as his meeting with the North Korean representatives in Tehran. The President Ts.Elbegdorj said .. .....More>>

On 23 August representatives of Mongolia and the five nuclear-weapon states met in Geneva and exchanged views on further institutionalizing Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status at the international level. During the meeting the permanent representatives of the five nuclear-weapon states have presented to the Mongolian representatives draft declarations regarding the issue and discussed the modalities procedure of their possible adoption.. .....More>>

On August 12, the opening for ‘Khaan Quest-2012’, international military field exercises was held in the Tavan Tolgoi military training area. Organized for seventh time, this year’s military exercises attracted over 1,000 servicemen and military officers from 12 nations such as Great Britain, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Singapore and India, as well observers from Russia and China. The observers from Kazakhstan, Russia. .....More>>

On August 13, Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag submitted his proposal on the government structure and composition to President Ts.Elbegdorj. The proposal plans 16 ministries with a total of 19 ministers, including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and chief of the Cabinet Office. The President promised to give the proposal a prompt response On August 14, the PM submitted a Bill on Government structure and composition to Parliament Speaker. .....More>>

On August 9, S.Batbold, the 26th Prime Minister of Mongolia, handed over the Government Stamp of Mongolia to N.Altankhuyag, the newly appointed 27th Prime Minister in the State Ger Palace. Outgoing Prime Minister S.Batbold said, “We have successfully overcome the economic crisis and natural disasters and saw economic indicators reach 17 percent. Also, the number of livestock has reached 50 million; we produced 100 percent of the. .....More>>

Altanhuyag Norov, Chairman of the DP was appointed as Prime Minister of Mongolia on 9 August, with 42 MPs’ or 72.4 per cent support. The same day party representations who signed to form the coalition government and promoted the candidature of N.Altanhuyag, Chairman of the DP to the position of Prime Minister and decided to officially report the decision to President Ts.Elbegdorj. On August 9, party representations who signed to form the coalition government promoted the candidature of N.Altankhuyag, Chairman of the DP to the position of Prime Minister to President Ts.Elbegdorj.

Lectures titled "Developmental models after the Global financial crisis" and "Quality and rating of democracy and its existence" will be delivered by Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama, an American political scientist, political economist, and author; by Larry Diamond, a leading scholar in the field of democracy studies; and by Stephen D.Krasner, an international relations professor at Stanford University. The Presidential Office. .....More>>

On July 23, President Ts. Elbegdorj received Taleb .Rifai, Secretary-General of the United Nation’s World Tourist Organization (UNWTO) Mongolia is one of the respective members of the WTO. The development of tourism has potential in Mongolia as the country’s nature is pristine and untouched, its history is rich and its lifestyle is unique. Tourism development is important for creating jobs in rural regions. In this sense the present visit . .....More>>

The Community of Democracies (CD) was established in 2000 during a Ministerial Conference in Warsaw, Poland and it is an intergovernmental coalition of democratic and democratizing countries aiming to strengthen democracy and democratic practices around the globe. The CD is comprised of a governmental component represented by governments and a non-governmental component represented by civil society organizations. .....More>>

On July 7-9, Mongolia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency of the Community of Democracies organized the 2012 International Women’s leadership forum. The forum brought together distinguished, international women leaders from government, the private sector, academia, civil society and other fields to develop a common understanding on the importance of women’s leadership in democratic societies .....More>>

On July 19, the working groups’ heads of parties and the coalition in charge of the negotiations announced that the new joint government will be formed consisting of DP, MPRPMNDP’s ‘Justice’ coalition and CWGP. They made a declaration which states that all MPs of the above-mentioned two parties and the coalition have agreed to set up a joint government to ensure stable and effective cooperation for their four year term of service.

On June 30, the General Election Committee (GEC) reported the complete preliminary results of the election. According to the results, the majority system, which were elected by block vote, brought 22 seats to DP, 19 seats to MPP, four seats to MPRPMNDP ‘Justice’ Coalition and three ndependents among 48 seats. Due to the lateness of sending voting results by some constituencies, on June 29, the GEC introduced the results of 21 constituencies.....More>>

At the Cabinet meeting, Minister of Finance D.Khayankhyarvaa was given a duty to include financial resources for capital and operational costs in the annual state budgetary planning and adjustment to implement projects reflected in the investment program. One of priorities of the Investment Program of Mongolia is to develop Mongolians and create a safe and favorable environment for them to live. It also prioritizes forming .....More>>

On July 3, President Ts.Elbegdorj gave instructions to government on issues to create a friendly environment for Mongolian citizens to live in healthy and safe environment, to ensure the sustainable healthy development of youths and families, to improve the population’s growth and the gene pool, to intensify state policy and activity to coordinate the needs of manpower, and improve the legal environment He decreed to take the following steps .....More>>

The Cabinet endorsed the Master Plan for Sainshand Industrial Park. It was decided to establish state-run Sainshand Industrial Park responsible for implementing the Master Plan and construction work and managing daily activities of the project. Required funding to work out a
Feasibility Study for the general plan of the industrial park, infrastructure and social service buildings and to build infrastructure will be included in State .....More>>

At a regular meeting, the Cabinet made decision on granting every citizen a preference share of Erdenes MGL Company. Earlier, the Cabinet decided to give 1,072 shares of the Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi LLC to citizens. The Erdenes MGL Company has two subsidiaries—Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi and Oyu Tolgoi that own three mining licenses of the strategically important ‘Shivee-Ovoo’ brown coal deposit. In accordance with the decision above, citizens are assured.....More>>

A new contingent of Mongolian peacekeepers, including 500 officers and sergeants, and a third team of army doctors will leave for Sudan at the end of this month. The battalion consisting of 850 military men will serve in South Sudan. The first group was sent to the country last March Doctors and nurses from the Central army clinical hospital and army units, as well as specialists from the State Clinical hospitaland the General authority for Implementing .....More>>

An OSCE delegation (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) visited Mongolia between June 3 and 6. The visit, led by OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier and head of the permanent mission of the Republic of Ireland Eoin O’Leary, was a follow-up to Mongolia’s official request to be accepted to the OSCE as a Participating state.OSCE authorities met Prime Minister S. Batbold and other officials including the Minister of Foreign Affairs .....More>>

The Center of Standardization and Measurement (CSM) joined the multilateral mutual recognition arrangement (MRA) of the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC), becoming the 34th member organization. On June 7-8, the document on joining the MRA was signed during the 29th meeting of the MRA’s council held in Bangkok, Thailand. Mongolia was represented at this meeting by G.Gantomor, head of the CSM; and S.Gantsetseg .....More>>

The General Election Committee reported that the election’s preparatory works are on schedule. For the first time, Mongolians staying abroad have voted in a parliamentary election. On June 10, the overseas voting was carried out at 39 diplomatic representative offices of Mongolia, involving a total of 2,779 Mongolians. On June 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade presented GEC the enveloped and sealed votes which were received through .....More>>

On May 17, in Washington DC,the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors discussed the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Mongolia. The strategy covers the Bank Group’s support for Mongolia for a 5 year period that will see the country experience record growth. Over the past 20 years, Mongolia has become a dynamic multi-party democracy with a booming economy. The country is at the threshold of a major transformation driven .....More>>

Experts say that a dinosaur fossil which sold for more than a million dollars during an auction last month had been removed from Mongolia illegally before being sold in the United States. According to LiveScience Senior Writer Wynne Parry, the specimen in question is a 75% complete skeleton of a Tarbosaurus, an Asian tyrannosaur which is related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Paleontologists from Canada, Mongolia, and the United States revealed .....More>>

International competition involved singers from 19 countries On June 10, E. Amartuvshin, State Honored Artist and soloist of the State Academic Theatre, won first place at the Placido Domingo’s Operalia Competition which ran at the National Stadium in Beijing known as the Bird’s Nest. In the final round, he was selected among top 10 singers. At the conclusion, he was named the best opera singe Amartuvshin’s first place award was shared with .....More>>

On June 3-6, a delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) headed by Mr. Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary-General, and Eion O’Leary, head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ireland and Chairman of the Permanent Council of OSCE paid a working visit to Mongolia following Mongolia’s official request to become a participating state of the OSCE On June 4, OSCE authorities.....More>>

The United Nations Environment Program officially named President Elbegdorj the Champion of the Earth. The annual ‘Champions of the Earth’ award is given to those whose actions and leadership have had a positive impact on the environment.President Elbegdorj was awarded the ‘Policy Leadership of Champions of the Earth 2012’, for delivering on promises to put the environment at the forefront of policies Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program said “As the world heads to Brazil for Rio-20 later this month, these six individuals, deservedly named as Champions, demonstrate that committed.....More>>

On May 27, Buddhists of Austria celebrated Duitsen Day or Vesakha, a holy day that actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Buddha. In the event organized in the ‘Friendship’ Buddhist Monastery in Vienna, the Hamba Lama of Gandantegchinlen Monastery of Mongolia, D. Choijamts gave a speech. The event also brought together monks from Vietnam, Tibet and Japan who offered religious readings. Also, ‘Khokh Mongol’Mongolia’ .....More>>

On June 6-7, Mongolia’s President Ts.Elbegdorj took part in the 12th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) that ran in Beijing, China. The President addressed an expanded meeting of the Council in order to express the position of Mongolia on the active participation of Mongolia in SCO’s activities as an observer and on deepening bilateral cooperation with SCO members and observers .....More>>

Ten years have passed since Mongolian soldiers joined UN peacekeeping activities. On May 27, a ceremony took place at the Sukhbaatar Square for the occasion. The ceremony was attended by President Ts.Elbegdorj who is the general commander of the Mongolian armed forces, defense minister J.Enkhbayar, representatives of the Defense Ministry, Armed Forces of the UNO and international organizations, by ambassadors, and defense .....More>>

On May 31, the ‘CAREC 2020’ national seminar ran in Ulaanbaatar. Co-organized by the Finance Ministry of Mongolia and Asian development bank (ADB), the seminar was attended by ministries, agencies and international cooperation organizations’ representatives. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program was presented and the Ministry of Finance considered works done within the last ten years in frames .....More>>

By this, Mongolia wants to strengthen the system of combating a money laundering, financing terrorism, and study the ways and means of criminals and their attitudes. A decision to give Mongolia observer status was made at the 16th EAG Plenary meeting and EAG Working Group meetings which took place on May 22-25 in Moscow, Russia Before becoming observer, Mongolia joined several international conventions on anti-money.....More>>

On April 25, the inauguration of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Forum on Global Development was held in Washington. A company, a country compact, and a health activist were named as its annual award winners. At this event, the Millennium Challenge Account- Mongolia (MCA Mongolia) earned the MCC Country Commitment Award. On May 29, a ceremony to receive this prestigious award ‘MCC Country Commitment .....More>>

On May 25, His Eminence Khamba Lama, Gabju Choijamts Demberel, Abbot of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, Head of the Centre of Mongolian Buddhists, visited the Institute for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at University of Vienna and gave a lecture on the historical development of Buddhism in Mongolia Afterwards, according to his schedule, Khamba Lama met the Mongolian citizens studying and living in Austria.....More>>

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Mongolia has joined the Eurasia Group (EAG) at the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) as an observer. By this Mongolia wants to strengthen a system of combating a money laundering and terrorism financing and to study ways and methods of the crimes and their attitudes. A decision to give Mongolia the observer status was made at the 16th EAG Plenary meeting and EAG ....More>>

On May 14 the Public Relations and Communications Division, the Office of President of Mongolia reported the following conversation between President Ts.Elbegdorj and UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Ban Ki-moon How are you Mr. President? Ts.Elbegdorj: How are you, I am very pleased to speak with you, Mr. Secretary General. Ban Ki-moon: I hope you’ll understand that I am calling you very esitantly on this issue....More>>

On May 14, President Ts.Elbegdorj issued a decree to set up a national committee to combat drugs and to work out a program for intensifying anti-drugs actions. A directive on the issue was delivered to the government. By his decree, the State Head gave the cabinet directives to found a national committee with the functions of regulating related state bodies, reducing the consumption of drugs and substances with psychological effects...More>>

On May 14, at the 3166th Council Meeting of Foreign Affairs, the EU council authorized signing the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the EU and its member states and Mongolia. The Public Relations and Communications Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade reported that the sides will soon sign the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation.

On May 6-8, Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) paid an official visit to Mongolia at the invitation of Foreign Minister G. Zandanshatar. On May 7, Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar and Dr. Kandeh Yumkella held official talks at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar emphasized that UNIDO has successfully implemented over 80 projects...More>>

Mongolia is Chairing the Community of Democracies from 2011 to 2013. During its presidency over the CD that has about 140 member countries; Mongolia has determined its priority of action as the education of democracy and is focusing on this field. On April 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade reported to the press about what Mongolia has organized or done since its receipt of the presidency of the CD from Lithuania...More>>

On May 6-8, Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella,Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), will pay an official visit to Mongolia at the invitation of G.Zandanshatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs.During the upcoming visit, the Foreign Minister and the UNIDO Director-General will share views on the implementation course of a Mongolia-UNIDO Integrated program on technical ...More>>

U.S Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton appreciated Mongolia’s successful chairmanship of the Community of Democracies (CD), and underlined that activities of Mongolia are supporting and encouraging many countries. Ms. Clinton said it in her letter sent to G.Zandanshatar, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs on April 27. She emphasized that the CD is playing an important role in forwarding democratic development in the world...More>>

The Mongolia-Austria business forum will run on May 18 in Mongolia's National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI) in Ulaanbaatar. The forum aims to expand the economic and business cooperation between the two countries. Some 20 Austrian business delegates will arrive led by Austria's Ambassador to China The Austrian side says that it want to cooperate with Mongolia in health...More>>

At wednesday's Cabinet meeting, Foriegn Affairs and Trade Minister G.Zandanshatar submitted a proposal of rules to take vote of abroad Mongolians at diplomatic missions of Mongolia. The minister has suggested establishment of election temporary commissions at 40 diplomatic missions of Mongolian to organize establishing subcomissions, registering voters who have rights to vote , taking voting of voters and providing secretes of voting...More>>

According to the Union for International Cancer Control, each year over 12 million people are diagnosed with cancer and 7.6 million die of cancerous diseases worldwide. The number of cancer cases and related deaths worldwide continue to rise from year to year. Following the world trend, the number of cancer cases in Mongolia is also increasing. Annually there is an average of 4,000 new cancer cases and 3,000 cancer related deaths...More>>

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Mongolia G.Zandanshatar paid a working visit to the Conference on Disarmament on 27 March and made a statement at its plenary meeting. In his statement he explained Mongolia’s policy regarding the current multilateral disarmament issues. He underlined that nuclear-weapon-free zones contributed to the strengthening of peace and security worldwide, and that Mongolia ...More>>

On March 23, a national forum entitled ‘Tourism –XXI Century’ was organized in the State House with aims to define the present situation in the tourism sector and its future prospects. Almost 700 delegates representing central and local regions, private sector, civil society and researchers attended the national forum to exchange views on improving the present tourism environment, create an investment atmosphere...More>>

This group has become an addition to the seven working groups who are in charge of certain matters and directions and it is also the very first group created within the presidency of Mongolia in the CD. The United States and Estonia will cochair a Working Group within the CD to support the LEND Network. It was reported on Tuesday by Hillary R. Clinton, US Secretary of State, and Urmas Paet, Foreign Minister of Estonia. The LEND working group’s...More>>

On March 19, the 2nd meeting of the council responsible for preventing earthquake disasters, reducing risks, satisfying preparedness and integrating activities of professional organizations was held. At the meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister M. Enkhbold, the issue of a joint seminar on activation of earthquakes in Mongolian territory, revention, and the reduction of aftermath effects was discussed and provisions for facilities...More>>

On March 9, a National Forum on the state’s concept for civil society development was held at the State House. The national Forum was unique in that representatives of the government and civil societies held a meeting in a wide range to jointly develop important concepts. More than 500 representatives of civil societies from Ulaanbaatar and 21 aimags along with state-owned and international organizations participated to deliberate the draft of...More>>

Joint announcement on the initiation of negotiations for establishing the Mongolia - Japan economic partnership agreement by the Mongolian and the Japanese Prime Ministers
1. The Prime Minister of Mongolia, His Excellency Mr. Batbold Sukhbaatar and the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Mr. Yoshihiko Noda met in Tokyo on 12 March, 2012. 2. While welcoming development of the existing close and friendly relations in various...More>>

Following careful review of Mongolia’s development oportunities, the World Bankdecided to declare Mongolia creditworthy for its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) lending. “As Mongolia’s development needs remain great, the government is seeking new sources of financing to accelerate critical investments” said Mongolia’s Finance Minister D. Khayankhyarvaa. “We are pleased that the World Bank, which has been...More>>

GDP growth accelerated to an unprecedented 17.3 percent in 2011 from 6.4 percent in 2010 and the unemployment rate fell from 13 percent in 2010 to 9 percent in 2011. However, real wages for unskilled workers in the urban informal sector are starting to fall as the inflation rate reached 11.1 percent yoy in December. Sharply rising government spending is the root cause of overheating: government spending rose by 56 percent in 2011 and is budgeted to rise by a further 32...More>>

On February 23-24, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea announced a moratorium on uranium enrichment program and long-range missile tests, and expressed the possibility to let IAEA experts work in the DPRK during DPRK-US high-level talks in Beijing, China. On March 6, B. Dorj, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, told the MONTSAME National News Agency, that the Mongolian side appreciates the positive...More>>

On February 29, S.Badral, Ambassador-at-Large to the Community of Democracies (CD),participated in a special meeting in Geneva Switzerland, themed ‘Internet Freedom’, in frames of the 19th Regular Session of the Human Rights
Council. Moreover, Mr. Badral has held a consultative meeting with Mr. Koji Abe, Director of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to share views on works to be done within....More>>

On March 1, The Report: ‘Mongolia 2012’ on Mongolia’s economic activity and investment opportunities was launched at the Blue Sky Hotel in Ulaanbaatar. Present at the launching event were a number of high-profile dignitaries and guests,including Prime Minister S. Batbold who made a key-note address.The report was produced in a partnership of the Oxford Business Group with the Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency (FIFTA), the Business ...More>>

On February 10, the Troika of the Community of Democracies expressed concern about the increasing crackdown on civil society in Egypt. The most recent actions of the ruling military government endanger the peaceful transformation to a democratic state.
The Troika of the Community of Democracies calls on Egyptian authorities to refrain from use of physical force against civilians and instead to ...More>>

On February 10, the Troika of the Community of Democracies expressed concern about the increasing crackdown on civil society in Egypt. The most recent actions of the ruling military government endanger the peaceful transformation to a democratic state.
The Troika of the Community of Democracies calls on Egyptian authorities to refrain from use of physical force against civilians and instead to ...More>>

On February 2, S. Badral, Ambassadorat- Large of Mongolia to the Community of Democracies (CD), held an unofficial meeting with ambassadors of member countries of the Executive Committee of CD and gave extensive information on Mongolia’s activity and priorities in Mongolia’s chairmanship of the CD. He said that opportunities and ways to cooperate within the UN system organization in Geneva are being sought and introduced preparation works...More>>

The second international coal investors conference and exhibition, ‘Coal Mongolia – 2012’ opened at the SS Convention Centre in Ulaanbaatar on the 9 February. The two-day packed event commemorated 90 years of the
mining industry’s establishment and development in Mongolia. Over 700 delegates from 300 mining and coal companies of Mongolia as well as foreign countries,NGO’s, international and relevant organizations are participating in the...More>>

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>>

Donnerstag 01. Dezember 2011,Festsaal der Technischen Universität Wien,Karlsplatz 13,1040 Wien
16:00 Vorträge: Kultur, Kunst und Identität in der Mongolei
Martin Summer: „GERald der neue Haustyp in der Mongolei“ | Mungunchimeg Batmunkh: „Tsam – Tanz Ausdruck
Mongolischer Kultur“ | Ferenc Zamolyi: „Die Jurte – eine mongolische Architekturtradition“ | Uranzaya Badamsuren : „Die Medien-Freiheit in der Mongolei nach der Wende“ | Togoobat Jamiyansuren: „Mongolian ....More>>

On November 17, the 2nd meeting of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies (CD) was held in Washington DC,USA.As Mongolia has been chairing the CD since July 1, 2011, the meeting was opened by Kh.Bekhbat, Ambassador of Mongolia to the USA, and chaired by S.Badral, Ambassador responsible for the CD and representing the Mongolian Government.The meeting brought together participants of all of 25 member countries of the Governing Council and some decisions were ....More>>

On November 22, President Ts.Elbegdorj received Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and over 20 EU member countries in Mongolia. In the beginning of the meeting, the President expressed his satisfaction with the meeting and briefed them about the present political and economic situation in Mongolia.He said, “Mongolia attaches great importance to the development of relations and cooperation with European countries, and EU countries are considered the ‘third neighbors’ of Mongolia in its foreign policy ....More>>

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s three-day visit to Mongolia which ended on Friday, November 11th,was amazingly successful as thousands of Buddhist devotees had the opportunity to listen his Buddhist teachings and public talks.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first visit dates back to 1979. This was his 8th time in Mongolia, from 7-11 November, at the invitation of the Centerof Mongolian Buddhism, the Gaden Theckchen Choeling monastery. Before ....More>>

On November 3-4, Mongolia’s first metal mining conference was held in the Government house in Ulaanbaatar.Entitled “Metals Mongolia 2011”, the Conference was jointly organized by four Mongolian bodies: the Mongolian Mining Portal ‘www.mining.mn’; the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy; the National Development and Innovation Committee (NDIC);and the Mineral Resource Authority.
Attendees included over 800 high-profile national and international visitors and speakers, representing ....More>>

On November 7, Prime Minister S.Batbold met Mr. Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Resident Representative for Asia and the Pacific.
At the meeting, Mr. Konuma said that it is an important indicator for Mongolia to provide itself with flour and potatoes from the ATAR-III campaign.
During the meeting, the sides shared views on Mongolia-FAO relations and cooperation. The Prime Minister ....More>>

On November 7, 2011, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama visited in Mongolia at the invitation of the Center of Mongolian Buddhism, the Gandantegchenling Monastery. The Dalai Lama’s first visit dates back to 1979 and the present visit is his 8th visit to Mongolia.
At a press conference called by Gandan Monastery on the occasion of the Dalai Lama’s visit, it was stressed that His holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s visit was purely religious without any political blend. The head Khambo....More>>

On November 2, the Eighth Bogd Jevzundamba Khutughtu was installed as the Spiritual leader of Mongolia’s Buddhism at the Gandantegchinlin monastery, the center for Mongolian Buddhists. Heads of Gandantegchinlin and Mongolian monasteries and temples agreed to realize this spiritual and historical event and many of them came to attend the event from local areas.From the 17th century until 1924,the Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutughtus were the spiritual heads of the Gelug lineage of. ...More>>

On October 27, the anniversary of Mongolia’s accession to the United Nations was marked. A number of events were held at the UN HQ in New York, USA to appraise results of Mongolia-UN cooperation in the past 50 years and determine further goalsIn line with the events, Prime Minister S.Batbold met Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General.To begin, the Prime Minister congratulated Mr. Ban Ki-Moon on being re-elected as the UN Secretary-General and underlined the successful works of the UN under his leadership. ...More>>

After concluding his State visit to Croatia, President Ts. Elbegdorj headed to Great Britain. In line with his visit, the President visited Oxford city and was welcomed by Ms. Elise Benjamin, the Lord Mayor of Oxford. She briefed him about the city, saying that it has a population of 180 thousand people, of whom 40 thousand are students.
Later, the President visited the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. Library director Sarah Thomas spoke about the library’s history — founded in 1602. ...More>>

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Mongolia’s membership in the United Nations, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sent a message to Mongolia on October 27. It reads, “It is a great pleasure to congratulate the Government and people of Mongolia on the 50th anniversary of the country’s membership into the United Nations.UN agencies first became engaged in Mongolia in the early 1960s. Today, 11 agencies are working with Mongolians to achieve the country’s development goals and to improve the. ...More>>

On 19-20 October President Ts. Elbegdorj paid an official visit to Croatia. After the welcoming ceremony Presidents of Mongolia and Croationa had a tet-a-tet meeting.During the meeting President Ts. Elbegdorj said, “My first visit to Your country is coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Croatia’s independence and the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries. I am glad to share views with my Croatian counterpart aboutmutual cooperation at a time whenthese important anniversaries are happening”. ...More>>

On October 13, the 14th meeting of the Mongolia-EU Joint Committee was held in Brussels, Belgium. At the meeting, the Mongolian side, headed by Deputy Prime Minister M. Enkhbold, reaffirmed the importance of expanding bilateral relations and cooperation,and reviewed bilateral cooperation since joint committee meeting held in October, 2010.It was emphasized that the sides initialed a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in December of 2010 and agreed to make efforts to conclude it by end of this year ...More>>

On October 18, Prime Minister S. Batbold officially received Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program,who arrived to Mongolia within frames of events To begin the meeting, the Prime Minister expressed thanks for long successful period of operation of the UNDP in Mongolia and said that he is satisfied with the bilateral relations and cooperation. The Prime Minister emphasized that performance of the Millennium Development Goals has reached 66 percent, the economy is growing ...More>>

From October 20-21, the Government of Mongolia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is hosting a joint Conference entitled ‘Avoiding the Resource Curse: Managing Extractive Industries for Human Development’.The high level conference featured government officials, delegates,NGOs, civil society and private sector representatives from over 17 countries including representatives from South Sudan, the UN’s newest member state.It examined how countries cope with ...More>>

On October 17, President Ts.Elbegdorj started an official visit to Italy, at the invitation of his counterpart of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano. A ceremony took place to welcome the Mongolian President in the Quirinal Palace, Rome. After the ceremony, President Ts. Elbegdorj and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano held expanded talks. To begin the talks, the Mongolian President said he believes that his meetings with Italy’s President and other high-level officials will contribute to widening the bilateral relations, reaching ...More>>

On October 6, the Government of Mongolia, Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines issued a joint statement that concludes discussions on the Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement.All parties confirm that the Investment Agreement was signed in full compliance with Mongolian law,including Resolution 57, passed by the Mongolian Parliament in July 2009.
The Government of Mongolia and Oyu Tolgoi reaffirmed the Investment Agreement as a binding contract on all parties and recognized the significant benefits that the...More>>

On October 12-13, German Chancellor Ms. Angela Merkel paid an official visit to Mongolia at the invitation of Prime Minister S. Batbold.This visit is historical because it’s the first-ever visit of a German Chancellor to Mongolia, and becomes proof of full partnership bilateral relations.During the officials talks held at State House, Ms. Angela Merkelpromised to open a Representative Office of EU in Ulaanbaatar and said that Germany will show support to Mongolia to become a partner country of the Organization for Security...More>>

S.Batbold gave a report at the plenary meeting of Parliament on the implementation process and outcome of the government’s action plan, major actions to be taken in remaining period,and pressing issues.He reported, “There are few months when the joint government is to meet its fourth year.After the 2008 parliamentary election, a joint government was established for the interest of national social and economic development.The period when parliament and government started implementing their full rights...More>>

On October 13,the14th meeting of the Joint Committee of Mongolia and EU is scheduled to run in Brussels.The Mongolian delegation will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold.
At the meeting, it is intended to exchange information on foreign policy and the political and economic situation. Also, the sides will discuss the possibility to expand relations,present the situation of development cooperation,outcomes, and directions of orientated programs on....More>>

On September 23, the 10th annual meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries’ Foreign Ministers (LLDC Foreign Ministers) was held in New York, USA during the 66th session of the UN General Assembly.
The meeting brought together Foreign Ministers and Deputy Ministers of landlocked developing countries. They ran debates on the dilemmas faced by LLD countries. G.Zandanshatar, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs delivered a speech to the assembly. He said,....More>>

On September 23 Mongolia organized an unofficial Ministerial Meeting of the Democratic Countries’ Group at the UN in New York, the meeting was held under the theme ‘Education for Democracy’.
Opening remarks were made by Mongolia’s President Ts.Elbegdorj. In his speech, Ts.Elbegdorj underlined he will work with aspiration to support the priorities for chairing the CD including the education for democracy and to create an environment that is intolerant of ....More>>

First Lady of Mongolia Ms. Kh.Bolormaa has attended a high-level meeting entitled “Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases” held at UN Headquarters, in New York City.
Within the meeting, as a leader of the “Trust” National Fund for Cancer-free Mongolia Ms.Bolormaa held meetings with several experts of some countries with aims to intensify activities to support combating cancers. For example,Ms. Bolormaa discussed matters on conducting ....More>>

Mr. President,
Distinguished delegates,

First of all allow me to congratulate Trinidad Tobago, Guinea and other countries that have joined the CTBTO family so as contribute to the common efforts to restrict nuclear weapon testing and proliferation, promote nuclear disarmament and promote peaceful uses of science and technology for the benefit of peoples. As of today 182 countrie ....More>>

OPENING ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT TSAKHIA ELBEGDORJ AT THE FIRST GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES

Ministers and Ambassadors,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
At the outset, I want to thank you for attending the first meeting of the Governing Council of the Community. It is a strong indication that the Governing Council from. ....More>>

On September 13, Ts.Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia, met with P.Altangerel, head of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Environment, Food and Agriculture,Ya. Batsuuri, head of the Standing Committee on Foreign Policy and Security and D.Enkhbat, member of the Green Party in parliament, MPs B.Bat-Erdene,G.Bayarsaikhan,D.Zorigt, Minister of Minerals and Energy, L.Gansukh, Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Ch.Khurelbaatar, head of Cabinet Secretariat of Government. ....More>>

The cabinet discussed and backed a draft resolution of parliament approving a policy on introducing common principles, standards and norms of the European Union (EU).The cabinet then decided to submit it to Parliament. It has been over 20 years since Mongolia transited to a market economy; however, it has not reformed the quality of standards sufficiently. Because of this, the national standards system tends to be backwards. For instance, about 40 percent of approximately 5,900 standards being . ....More>>

President Ts.Elbegdorj is participating the 66th session of the UN General Assembly that kicked off on September 13 in New York City, USA.President Elbegdorj now attends in the general debate ‘The role of mediation in the settlement of disputes by peaceful means’ which runs on September 21-24 and 26-30, to give a statement, report at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly, and participates in other measures organized by the UN Secretary-General and international organizations . ....More>>

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) opened a new Country Office in Ulaanbaatar to better help Mongolian migrants at home and abroad. IOM Director General William
Lacy Swing, who also attended the ASEM (Asia-Europe) Meeting of Director-Generals for Immigration here, opened the office. “The opening of this Office marks the start of a new level of cooperation between IOM and Mongolia, and IOM will continue to work in close cooperation with our Mongolian partners on migration issues in this country,” . ....More>>

On August 29, the first meeting of the National Council for chairing the Community of Democracies (CD) was held, led by Prime Minister S. Batbold. Mongolia received the presidency of the CD in July of this year and it will last until 2013. The National Council has responsibilities to organize the CD’s presidency and to provide it with directives.
The CD is considered an intergovernmental international organization with goals to support democracy and unite positions of countries for developing norms of ....More>>

From August 25 to 27 Mongolia hosted the 5th Conference of the Convention of World Mongolians (CWM) and a Global Peace festival for people of Khunnu origin.
Representatives of Mongols all over the world and foreign guests from 25 countries arrived to attend the conference dedicated to the centenary anniversary of the national independence and 100 years of establishment diplomatic service.Addressing the guests, President Ts.Elbegdorj acknowledged.....More>>

From September 30 to October 1, 2011, Mongolia will organize a conference in Berlin, Germany for Mongolians who pursued higher education and underwent professional training in European countries.It is a part of the Mongolian Government’s “Beehive program” under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Mongolia.
Under the Prime Minister, the Committee for Mongolians Abroad and an NGO, the Mongolia-Germany Bridge, will co-organize the event with support of the.....More>>

Joe Biden on Monday hailed the United States’ growing ties with Mongolia on a rare visit by an American leader to the Asian nation,which is opening up its vast coal reserves to foreign investors.The US vice president met Mongolia’s President Tsakhia Elbegdorj in a ceremonial ger, or traditional tent, set up on the fifth floor of the government headquarters in the country’s rapidly developing capital, Ulan Bator.Biden is the most senior American leader to visit Mongolia since 2005 and his trip comes months after Elbegdorj..........More>>

On August 25, the Foreign Ministry of Mongolia issued the following official statement regarding Libya’s transition to a democratic government:
On account of unbending courage and patience of Libyans who have been untiringly struggling for many months for their freedom, human rights,and democracy, Libya has entered a new phase.
A historical moment to act responsibly to preserve national unity, to reconstruct the country,and to start a.........More>>

The Khaan Quest 2011 Multinational Peace Support Operations Exercise started, on July 31, 1140-1340 (during the time of the horse) at the Five Hills Training Area in Mongolia.
In attendance was the President of Mongolia, Ts. Elbegdorj, Commander in Chief of the armed forces, L.Bold, Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen.Ts.Byambajav, Chief of General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces, Lt. Gen.Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary.........More>>

Mongolia’s massive Tavan Tolgoiproject began shipping 4,000 tonnes of coal south to its new partner, the Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) on Thursday following a ceremony at the mine site.
The mine’s state-owned operator,Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, agreed last week to sell $250 million worth of coal to the Chinese company from its east Tsankhi block, a move designed to fund the deposit’s overseas listing scheduled for next year.........More>>

Mongolian National Transport Forwarding Agency reported on the decision of the Chinese railway authority to increase railway transport prices from Tianjin to Erlyan and from Erlyan to Tianjin starting August 1.Kh.Bayartsogt, a lawyer for the National Transport Forwarding Agency of Mongolia declared that the decision was reached without any notification from the Chinese side to Mongolian authorities, which he said, causes disputes between the transport intermediating organizations and customers. According to the international........More>>

On August 9-13, the Tenth International Congress of Mongolists was hosted in Ulaanbaatar under the topic “Mongolia’s External Relationship and historical experiences”. More than 300 scientists and scholars from 30 countries gathered at this meeting that convenes every five years. The delegates arrived from Austria, Britain, the USA,Germany, Holland, Denmark, Spain,Italy, Kazakhstan, Canada, Norway,Russia, Poland, Korea, Taiwan,Turkey, Hungary, Finland, France,China, Czech Republic,Sweden........More>>

A delegation led by Andre Gingrich, a director of the Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA) at the Academy of Sciences has visited the Mongolian State University (MSU), and then signed a cooperation memorandum between the organizations.
In accordance with the document, the MSU and the ISA will exchange teachers and students on social and cultural anthropology,historical archeology, paleontological climate and Buddhism studies.Moreover, the sides will conduct joint research works and will co-organize training,........More>>

On August 9-13, the 10th International Congress of Mongolists under the theme ‘Mongolian Foreign Relations and Historical Memorials’ is to take place under the auspices of the President of Mongolia, on the occasion of the 2220th anniversary of First Statehood of Mongolia, 805th anniversary of Great Mongolian Empire, 100th anniversary of National Liberation Revolution and 90th anniversary of People’s Revolution.
Over 100 scholars from Mongolia will attend........More>>

Some petroleum importers raised their prices starting August 3. For instance, the Shunkhlai Group raised prices of A80 and AI92 petroleum by Tgs90 each per a liter. Customers are now buying a liter of AI80 that was Tgs1250 at Tgs1340 and AI92 that was Tgs1500 at Tgs1590. Petrovis Company, who has branches in all aimags and is the widest network,raised its petroleum price by Tgs90 on the afternoon of August 3. In connection with the shortage of oil products that occurred in June, an intergovernmental meeting between........More>>

Khaan Quest international military training exercise is running from July 31 through August 12 in Mongolia.It started in 2003 as a joint armed-forces exercise between Mongolia and the United States; nonetheless, since 2006 it has expanded as an international training program.
At this year’s exercise Mongolia,the USA, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, India, Germany,Canada, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore are attending as active participants, while Russia, China,France, the.......More>>

On the occasion of 100th anniversary of Mongolia’s modern diplomatic service, 90th anniversary of Mongolia-Russia diplomatic relations and the 50th anniversary of Mongolia’s joining the UN, Mr. V.I. Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, paid a visit to Mongolia on July 22-27 by invitation of D.Tsogtbaatar, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Mongolia.
During the visit, Mr. Churkin held a meeting with D. Tsogtbaatar to share views on Mongolia-Russia.. .....More>>

The Mongolian contingent of United Nations-African Union Mission (UNAMID) JSR I has built a hospital that will provide emergency care, dental services, pharmaceutical
services and other forms of treatment Kabkabiya, North Darfur.UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari opened the level II hospital on July 7 intended to serve UN personnel in the region.
Since it began operation in March,40% of its patients have been local Darfuris. The hospital is the first.. .....More>>

Pak Ui-chun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), paid an official visit to Mongolia on July 17-20. This visit was to reciprocate to a visit by Mongolia’s Foreign Minister G. Zandanshatar to the DPRK in 2010.Since the two countries have established diplomatic relations in 1948, the DPRK’s Foreign Minister has visited Mongolia in 1973, 1985 and 2002.
During this current visit, the two Foreign Ministers had a private meeting and continued by holding official. .....More>>

The cabinet discussed and approved some measures aimed to mitigate the aftermath of earthquakes.
It was decided to place Tgs1.9 billion in the budgetary package of a related Ministry for examining earthquake resistance of the city’s buildings and for buying mobile stations for the examination. An additional Tgs11.6 billion will be included in the budgetary package to improve the system of distributing preventive information on disasters in scope with foreign assistance and financial aid programs. .....More>>

On June 29, by invitation of Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Republic of Lithuania, President Ts. Elbegdorj attended a high-level conference ‘Women Enhancing Democracy: Best Practices’ held on the eve of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies (CD) in Vilnius.The meeting brought together about a thousand representatives, including Presidents,Prime Ministers, Ministers, democratic leaders,decision-makers, and authorities of international organizations.President Elbegdorj gave a speech .....More>>

On June 30, Mr. Khurenbaatar,Director-General for the Development Financing and Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Finance signed a Financing Agreement between the Government of Mongolia and the European Union.
Accordingly, Mongolia will be part of a 2.5 million Euro regional project that includes Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The project aims to promote a coordinated, safe and cost-effective management of legacy uranium mining .....More>>

In support of Tsakhia Elbegdorj,President of Mongolia’s official visit to the United States of America, the US Congress issued a Senate Resolution on June 16, 2011. The text of the resolution in its full as follows:US Congress 112th Congress 1st Session Senate Resolution Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj’s visit to Washington, D.C. and its support for the growing partnership between the United States and. .....More>>

The President of Mongolia, Elbegdorj Tsakhia and the President of the United States of America,Barack Obama, today reaffirmed their commitment to a United States- Mongolia comprehensive partnership based on common values and shared strategic interests.They emphasized their two countries’ common interest in protecting and promoting freedom, democracy and human rights worldwide, and confirmed their intention to strengthen trade,investment and people-to-people ties so as to support .....More>>

On June 16, Parliament approved the Law on Information Transparency and Right to Access Information enabling citizens to be informed of any information related to state policies and its acts. The draft law was delayed during five years of discussion. In 2007, the law was submitted by a group of MPs for the first time.At a press conference called on the occasion of passing this law, MP E.Bat-Uul said that the law was adopted at the right time. Making information about government activities and state involved.....More>>

Prime Minister S. Batbold paid an official visit to People’s Republic of China at the invitation of Wen Jiabao,China’s Prime Minister.Beginning the visit, Prime Minister S. Batbold attended an opening ceremony of the General Consulate of Mongolia and opened the Representative of the Mongolian Airlines (MIAT) in Hong Kong,a special administrative region,launching direct flights between Ulaanbaatar and Hong Kong.During the visit, Prime Minister S. Batbold held official talks with his Chinese .....More>>

G.Zandanshatar, Member of State Great Hural and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade participated in the World Economic Forum on Europa and Central Asia 2011, held June 8-9 in Vienna, Austria.
During the World Economic Forum, the Minister has met with Mr. M.Spindelleger, Vice chancellor and Minister of Foreign Trade of Austria. During the meeting the Mongolian minister mentioned the Government’s policy to introduce European Union norms and standards in Mongolia and .....More>>

On 9 June Mr. F. Neugebauer, Vice President of the Austrian Parliament received Mr.Zandanshatar, Mongolian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and exchanged views on promoting further bilateral relations and cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries. Minister G.Zandanshatar said that was important to strengthen relations and cooperation between the two parliaments and pointed out that the Mongolian side was interested in studying of the experience of Austrian parliament’s workings. He also .....More>>

During his working visit in Vienna, Mongolian Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar met called on Mr.Yu. Amano, Director General of IAEA and exchanged views on the state of cooperation between Mongolia and the Agency. During the meeting the Minister expressed his Government’s gratitude the IAEA for providing assistance in training specialists in Mongolia, in addressing the challenges of combating cancer, fighting the recurrence of the foot-and-mouth diseases (FMD) and future production of vaccines against.....More>>

On June 12-13, Prime Minister S. Batbold participated in the World Economic Forum on East Asia 2011 held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The forum brought together some 600 leaders of over 40 countries under the topic,‘Responding to the New Globalism’ to discuss food supply and safety, fuels,natural disasters, unequal allocation of income, the imbalance of economic development of countries and their consequences.
The gathered considered that the common difficulties facing countries are climate change, natural disasters.....More>>

From June 14 to 17, President Ts. Elbegdorj paid an official visit to the United States of America. In San Francisco, President Ts. Elbegdorj visited Stanford University and held roundtable talks with well known scholars of the university. He visited Hoover Institute, Google and Silicon Valley, participated in the opening ceremony of the Mongolian Consulate General in San Francisco, and met Mongolians living in San Francisco.In Washington DC, Mongolia’s President Ts. Elbegdorj and US President....More>>

It is a great honour and pleasure for me to address this special Permanent Council Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Allow me at the outset to express my appreciation to the Troika and OSCE Secretariat for co-organizing the annual OSCE-Asian Partners conference which was held two weeks ago in Ulaanbaatar. The conference did not set an ambitious goal of making specific recommendations either to scholars or governments. However, it provided yet another....More>>

A joint statement of Mongolia and Russia was adopted Tuesday by Mongolia's President Ts.Elbegdorj and by Russia's President D.Medvedev.
The President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj paid an official visit to Russia from May 31 to June 3, 2011 at invitation of the Russian President D.Medvedev.
On May 31, the Presidents held an individual meeting, and made expanded talks. Mongolia's President has held meetings with V.Putin, Russia's PM; B.V.Gryzlov....More>>

On May 31, President Ts.Elbegdorj and his Russian counterpart D.A. Medvedev held an individual meeting and extended talks. “The visit coincides with the 100th anniversary of Mongolia’s National Liberation Revolution, 90th anniversary of Mongolia-Russia diplomatic relations and 30th anniversary of Mongolia-Russia joint space flight.We are satisfied with the stage by stage effective talks to elevate bilateral traditional and friendly relations and cooperation to a new level” said President Ts. Elbegdorj to start.....More>>

On May 30, Deputy Prime Minister M. Enkhbold met Jeremy Richard Browne, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who visited Mongolia on May 29-31. Also present at the meeting was Ms. Thorda Abbott-Watt, Ambassador of the UK to Mongolia.Mr. Browne expressed UK’s willingness to give support to satisfy preparation for Mongolian athletes who will compete in the London-2012 Olympic Games......More>>

The NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. James Appathurai, travelled to to Ulaanbaatar from 25-27 May 2011 for the first high-level talks between Mongolia and NATO.
He met with the President of Mongolia, Mr.Tsakhia Elbegdorj in order to discuss Mongolia’s proposals for the development of a partnership with NATO. Mr. Appathurai also met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Gombojav Zandanshatar, the Minister of Defence......More>>

The cabinet supported a draft agreement in principle to be established between Mongolia’s Ministry of Finance and the Export-Import Bank of China on exploiting an export loan of USD 500 million rendered from China’s government.The Prime Minister’s ordinance will be soon issued to authorize signing the agreement after consulting with the relevant standing committee in Parliament. In accordance with a plan of the government, the loan will be spent for erecting processing factories of meat, milk, flour......More>>

Information distributed by the world press about talks between the USA, Japan and Mongolia to store their nuclear spent fuel in Mongolia has caused the country to strengthen its legislation prohibiting such activity. Article 4.1 of Mongolia’s law on nuclear energy has a clause saying, “To ban import of dangerous waste to Mongolia with the purpose to exploit, store and eradicate” and 4.2 of the law has a clause saying, “To ban transport of dangerous waste through Mongolian territory”. The Foreign Affairs......More>>

Strengthening synergies between the 56 participating States of the OSCE and its Asian Partners for Co-operation in addressing transnational threats, such as illicit drug trafficking.
Advancing international economic co-operation, in particular on transport and energy security; as well as promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms in the whole OSCE area, are key topics of the OSCE-Mongolia Conference that started in Ulaanbaatar today.
The two-day meeting organized jointly by the......More>>

On May 26, Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar met with Mr. James Appathurai,NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Security Cooperation and Partnership. They shared views on Mongolia and NATO relations and further cooperation.
During the meeting, the Foreign Minister underlined that Mongolia adheres to a direction to establish official relations with NATO with its multilateral, independent and open foreign policy to strengthen worldwide security and......More>>

On behalf of the Government of Mongolia and in my own name I warmly welcome and thank all of you for coming to attend this Conference, which is being co-organized by the Government of Mongolia and the OSCE. By co-organizing the Conference, the OSCE demonstrates its appreciation for the role and contributions of my country to international and regional cooperation, for which I wish to express our profound gratitude. First of all, it should be highlighted that representing Central Asia, Kazakhstan has......More>>

On May 17, President Ts.Elbegdorj received a visiting delegation headed by Paolo Bartolozzi, Chair of the European Parliament’s (EP) Central Asia and Mongolia Group.The President pointed-out that Mongolia set an example in its region by transiting into democracy and a market economy and strengthening justice and human rights. He said the relations and cooperation between Mongolia and the EU have been widening for 20 years tied to common values and democracy’s ideology for the sake of global peace and......More>>

On May 18, a German delegation led by Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology met D.Zorigt, Minerals and Energy Minister of Mongolia. To begin the meeting, Minister D. Zorigt thanked Germany for its expression to collaborate in the minerals sector.Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach reported good news that the country’s Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development raised Mongolia’s credit rating. The German government approved a document ‘Mining strategic.....More>>

On May 6, a Mongolian delegation led by S. Bayartsogt, Minister of Finance, attended the 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
During the meeting, Finance Minister S. Bayartsogt met with Mr.Hiroshi Kodera, Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and shared views on guidelines of the Mongolia-JICA cooperation and on progress of the projects that are now being implemented. .......More>>

On May 12, an opening for the Development Bank of Mongolia was held at which State officials including Prime Minister S. Batbold attended.At the opening, the Prime Minister underlined that the Development Bank will have a very important role in Mongolia’s economy. He mentioned that just one month ago,Mongolia established a management agreement with the London Stock Exchange; but today, the Development Bank is opening at a time when it is most needed. “We are taking step by step.......More>>

There is just one year left until the regular parliamentary election occurs. Parliament has the intention to amend the electoral law as soon as possible, before the election, however the issue of the electoral system has not been finally decided and it is still in dispute.
The Bill on parliamentary elections started being discussed almost just after the parliamentary election in 2008. However, groups of political parties in parliament spent much time determining the electoral system and reaching an agreement.......More>>

The Permanent Mission of Mongolia to IAEA and other International Organizations in Vienna has been approached by some member states of the Agency and nuclear experts to verify if the news that Mongolia was prepared to accept to be a permanent nuclear waste storage site was true.
Mongolia has a substantial quantity of uranium resources that it is thinking to exploit. Since this is a very sensitive issue, it will take time to decide on how to make use of these resources. There......More>>

On 26 April, an open discussion on “The implementation of the mineral resource law, effect and measures to be taken in the future” was held at the “Civil meeting hall” under the Office of the President. To open the discussion, the President of Mongolia delivered a speech at the State House. The meeting was arranged by the Ministry of Minerals and Energy in cooperation with the Mineral Resource Authority. “On April 27, 2010, the National Security Council of Mongolia released a recommendation requesting the......More>>

On April 26, an agreement stipulating the basic terms of government credit guarantee was signed by D. Battur, State Secretary of Finance Minister representing Finance Ministry and Ch.Khashchuluun,Chief of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank representing the Development Bank. In accordance with the agreement,on behalf of the government the Ministry of Finance has been obliged to grant guarantees for basic payments worth Tgs800 billion of the bank’s securities and for its interest. With this agreement, forms......More>>

At the invitation of Prime Minister S.Batbold, Ms. Madeleine Albright, former U.S Secretary of State and current director of the Board of the National Institute for Democracy visited Mongolia on April 20-22, 2011. Ms.Albright first visited Mongolia 13 years ago when she was U.S. Secretary of State. On this visit,Ms. Albright was not here to represent foreign policy of the USA, but connect activity of the
Community of Democracies that she initiated.On April 21, former U.S Secretary of State and a current Director of the Board......More>>

The livestock sector is the main pillar of the economy in Mongolia which, in addition to providing export products, provides food, clothing and shelter. The livestock sector employs 30 percent of Mongolians and is a core survival strategy for nomadic families that rely entirely on pastureland livestock herding. In 2009 there were 43.4 million heads of livestock in Mongolia or 0.3 million camels, 2.2 million horses, 2.5 million cattle, 18.4 million sheep and 20 million goats. However, there is large variation in animal ......More>>

Mongolia marks many historic anniversaries this year. In relation to the marking of the 2220th Anniversary of the Founding of Mongolia’s Statehood - Hun Empire, Peace Festival of Nations of Hun Origin is going to be organized under the auspices of Tsakhia Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar on August 26 and 27, 2011. Currently, the representatives of 33 countries have been invited. Wide range of cultural and sports activities be included within the framework of the Peace Festival. In addition to these......More>>

The 5th session of the Convent of World Mongolians will take place August 24-25, 2011 in Ulaanbaatar city. The session will be run by the "Convent of World Mongolians" NGO under auspices of the President Ts.Elbegdorj and with the support of the Office of the President of Mongolia and the Government of Mongolia.
The "Convent of World Mongolians" NGO was established in 2006 during the 800th anniversary of the Great Mongol Empire. It was decided that the session would run every year under......More>>

In Mongolia’s National Cancer Center, an imposing cement structure in the capital Ulaanbaatar, Chantsal was recovering from surgery. A retired radiology technician, it was by chance that had brought him in for screening.“It was my children’s vacation so I took them there for a dental checkup,and I just thought that I should do an ultrasound check.” The examination showed a large tumor on his liver.Mongolia has the world’s highest rate of liver cancer mortality—six times the global average—and the number is increasing (figure)......More>>

Mongolia is on the verge of signing a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union. The event will take place in Brussels in May. Last month,newly appointed European Union Ambassador to Mongolia, Markus Ederer from Germany led an EU delegation in Ulaanbaatar to discuss the Partnership. He is the former German Foreign Service Policy Planning Head and takes up his role in Mongolia with the intention of further deepening EU-Mongolia political and trade relations. .....More>>

On April 14-15, a Judiciary Reform and Justice National Forum, organized at the initiative of the President of Mongolia was held at the State House. A total of 1,600 participants, including members of the Parliament, scholars,researchers, well-known lawyers,civil society and non-government organizations, judiciary institutions,citizens and law students and foreign guests attended the forum and expressed their views and suggestions on defects and difficulties in operations of justice and court organizations and how to .....More>>

On April 11, President Ts. Elbegdorj received a delegation of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic led by Deputy Speaker Bakyt Torobayev who are paying visit to Mongolia in the State House. Rosa Otunbayeva, President of the Kyrgyz Republic which adopted its new constitution in 2010 and chose parliamentary democracy, made a request to the President of Mongolia to study Mongolia’s experience and practice of democratic development.Moreover, President Elbegdorj met Mr. George Soros during the World .....More>>

On April 12-14, a high-Level Asia-Pacific Policy Dialogue on
implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action and other
Development Gaps faced by Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC) was held in Ulaanbaatar. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Government of Mongolia jointly organized the meeting. With the Almaty Programme of Action adopted in 2003, the international community has acquired a comprehensive, universally .....More>>

On April 5-6, G.Zandanshatar, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, paid a working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after taking part in the first general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held in Abu Dhabi on April 4-5.In frames of the visit, the Foreign Minister met with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,the UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. They shared views on strengthening Mongolia-UAE relations and cooperation and developing cooperation in the fields of energy, agriculture....More>>

On April 4-5, the first consultative meeting ran in Brussels, Belgium among diplomats in charge of trade and economic affairs of Mongolia’s embassies in the European Union’s (EU) countries. This meeting brought together diplomats of the embassies of Mongolia in the EU’s countries, representatives of Mongolia’s diplomatic
mission in Turkey and permanent representatives in Geneva, Switzerland.The diplomats got au fait with the EU’s activities, present
situation and trends, shared views and information on....More>>

On April 5 a senior U.S. diplomat said “The Obama administration held informal talks with Mongolia about the possibility that the Central Asian nation might host an international repository for its region’s spent nuclear fuel (see GSN, March 9, 2010). “U.S. Energy Department officials and their counterparts in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
are in the early stages of discussion and there has been no determination yet about whether to proceed with the idea”, said Richard Stratford, who directs the U.S. State Department’s....More>>

Mongolia’s two neighbors experimented with nuclear tests. Nuclear tests were held 456 times over the past 42 years from 1942 to 1991 in Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, on the territory of the former Soviet Union. One research study says that these nuclear tests held by the SU in the time of cold war equals 2500 Hiroshima atomic explosions. From 1964-1996, there were 45 nuclear tests held at Lob Nuur lake, the experimental base of china in the territory of Xinjiang Uighur. Jun Takada, Prof and Dr of science,....More>>

At its irregular meeting on March 31, the Cabinet made a historical decision that every citizen of Mongolia is owner of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit. Detailed statistics show that Mongolia has 2,796,341 citizens. Therefore each citizen will own 536 shares of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit. Prime Minister S. Batbold noted that the cabinet made the decision on putting strategic mineral deposits into
economic circulation and distributing benefits of the mineral resources equally to every Mongolian citizen after frequent....More>>

On April 4-5, G.Zandanshatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the first general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Foreign Minister mentioned that this first assembly is of both political and historical importance in frames of the international community, highlighting that Mongolia attaches much weight to a role of the IRENA and its goals and activities.G.Zandanshatar underlined that effectively exploiting its renewable resources and .......More>>

On April 7, the Mongolian Stock Exchange signed a ‘Master Services Agreement’ with London Stock Exchange Group to put into practice a detailed work plan asserted in the ‘Strategic Partnership Agreement’ established between the two sides at the end of 2010. The agreement was signed by D. Sugar, chief of the State Property Committee of Mongolia, and Xavier Rolet, CEO of the LSE Group. Mongolia’s Government shows much expectation to its cooperation with world’s well-known LSE Group and Prime Minister.......More>>

At a meeting on Wednesday, the cabinet set up a earthquake-related council with permanent activity,led by a Deputy minister. Main aim of the council is to lead actions of professional organizations who are engaged in preventing earthquake and easing its risks and in keeping a preparedness for it. A plan of “Strengthening national capacity in preventing earthquake” has been approved as well. The council has been obliged also with receiving information and reports from various Ministries, agencies, the city Mayor,.......More>>

A Deputy Premier M.Enkhbold passed Wednesday to Japan's ambassador to Mongolia Mr. Kidokoro Takuo a MNT two billion and 167 million donation. It has been collected by officials of the state organizations, Ministries and agencies, and ordinary people.
One million dollars has been given as well as a non-refundable aid from the government. The Deputy Premier has said Mongolia had already sent to Japan 2,500 blankets and 12 rescuers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)........More>>

The cabinet got au fait with the performance of the socio-economic guidelines of Mongolia for 2010 and decided to submit it to parliament.The Basic guideline reflected three objectives and 49 measures on macroeconomic policy; six objectives and 102 measures on development policy of objective sectors; six objectives and 88 measures on policy of environment, regions and rural development; seven objectives and 93 measures on policy of reducing poverty and ensuring human development;........More>>

Mongolia is preparing to Chair the Community of Democracies in 2011-2013 and will receive the post on July 1, 2011 from
Lithuania, the current chair. Within frames of the preparations, a Mongolian delegation headed by State Secretary D. Tsogtbaatar is paying a working visit to Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine from March 28 to April 1 to hold a meeting in the Warsaw-based Permanent Secretariat of the CD, learn the experiences of Lithuania and hold bilateral consultative meetings with foreign affairs........More>>

A head of Mongolia's Nuclear energy agency, S.Enkhbat and a head of Cosmos, nuclear technology department of the Ministry of Educa-tion, science, technology of Republic Korea, Yang Sun Kvan have signed a memorandum of mutual understanding.It reflects some important issues such as cooperating in nuclear energy-related matters as developing human resources, conducting research works, using this kind of energy for peaceful purposes, introducing nuclear technology, and training specialists. The ........More>>

On March 18, N.Altankhuyag, First Deputy Prime Minister received Mr. Marcus Ederer,Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Mongolia and head of the European Commission’s representative in Beijing, and Mr. Frederic Maduraud, advisor of the Political Department; M. Reusing, head of the section in charge of Mongolian affairs, and William Fingelton, attache of the Developmental Cooperation. N.Altankhuyag congratulated Mr. Ederer on becoming the ambassador to Mongolia, and hoped the ambassador. ........More>>

On March 21, Deputy Prime Minister M. Enkhbold, Road, Transport,Construction and Urban Development Minister Kh. Battulga, Ulaanbaatar Mayor G. Monkhbayar and chief of
National Emergency Management Agency Ts. Amgalanbayar gave
reports to President Ts. Elbegdorj.The president said that along with helping others and sharing their sadness, it needs to take lessons and hold meetings frequently to discuss how we are prepared for natural calamity. Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold ........More>>

Cabinet members discussed and approved a plan to satisfy preparation works to study and introduce common principles, criteria and standards of the EU. It was decided to send on official request to join as a partnering organization to the European Committee for Standardization and European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization (CENELEC).
A working group established under Prime Minister’s ordinance
and headed by First Deputy Prime Minister ........More>>

The regular cabinet meeting held Tuesday approved a plan of ensuring preparation for studying and introducing principles, norms and standards of the European Union in Mongolia. The cabinet has decided to convey an official request to the Euro-pean Committee for Standardization (CEN) and to the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) on enrolling as a collaborator. Headed by the First Deputy Premier N.Altankhuyag, the working group for the preparation for introducing the EU ........More>>

From March 20 to June 30 a renewed registration for Mongolians living abroad will be conducted. As the law on Human Development Fund and a rule for allotting shares to every Mongolian citizen was adopted, shares started being issued to citizens through social welfare organizations from 2010 in concert with renewed civil registration. In accordance with parliamentary resolution #39 of 2010, and government resolution #350 of 2010, it was stated that those registered in the renewed civil registration will ........More>>

On March 17, the Government of Mongolia and the United Nations (UN) signed the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for 2012-2016 at a validation meeting and signing ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, attended by government officials, ministers, representatives of UN agencies, development partners, and the media. The UNDAF is a strategic programming framework of the UN system to support the achievement of the national development priorities........More>>

On March 11, Mongolia’s President Ts.Elbegdorj sent a letter of condolences to the Emperor of Japan and the people of Japan.
He wrote: “On behalf of the Mongolian people and myself, I extend our deepest sympathies to You, Your Imperial Majesty the King of Japan and to the people of Japan for the loss of so many lives and property due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.In our minds and hearts, the people of Mongolia are together with the people of Japan at this difficult time. We are........More>>

On March 5-7, Mongolia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a consultation at the Foreign Affairs Ministry for heads of diplomatic representative offices of Mongolia abroad.
To begin, Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar delivered a speech,
‘Diplomatic service -100 years, and approval of renewed foreign policy ideology’. Afterwards, D. Tsogtbaatar, State Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, gave a report on the present structure, finance and personnel planning of the ministry and ........More>>

Those who were registered in the renewed civil registration will own ten-percent of the ‘Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi’ LLC after having opened a bank account. In view of this, Mongolians living abroad are to be
registered March 20-June 30. To get registered, people over 16-years old have to come personally, while those under 16-years may be registered by their parents, guardians or citizens’ registration consul officer of diplomatic representative, all bearing national foreign passport, if needed, an identification card or birth.......More>>

On March 3, Prime Minister S.Batbold received Mr. Klaus Roland, Director of the World Bank (WB) for Mongolia, China, and the North Korea Affairs; and Ms. Karin Finkelston, Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for East Asia and the Pacific Region.
Beginning the meeting, the Prime Minister expressed thanks on behalf of the Mongolian government to the both WB and IFC for a longyear cooperation and successful implementation of projects and programs. Mentioning the great attention given ......More>>

On March 2-4, the 2nd Economic Forum of Mongolia ran at State House.This year’s economic forum was conducted under the theme ‘Together in development’, had open discussions in 15 sub-meetings, according to the four main issues — development policy,human development, infrastructure and governance. Representatives from government,private sector, civil society, experts and foreign delegates convened and shared views on ways to address issues of the country within the frames of the......More>>

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The Civil Hall at the President of Mongo¬lia hosted Wednesday an international round table meeting themed “Develop¬ing responsible mining” in frames of the Economic forum of Mongolia.
The President has underlined that an effective exploitation of mineral resources is not only vital matter of Mongolia, but also an urgent issue facing many countries. He has emphasized an importance of joining and cooperating with the Partnering Against .....More>>

On February 16, the first meeting of the Mongolia-Italy intergovernmental joint commission on economic and technical cooperation was held in Rome, Italy. Mongolian delegates led by T. Badamjunai, the Minister of Food,Agriculture and Light Industry, and Italian delegates led by Paolo Romani Minister for Economic Development participated in the meeting.
Prior to this meeting, a Mongolia-Italy Business Forum was held on February 14-15 in Milan, Italy with attendance of .....More>>

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi paid an official visit to Mongolia on February 24-25, 2011. During his visit, President Ts. Elbegdorj and Prime Minister S. Batbold received Mr. Yang and shared views on bilateral relations.
On February 24, President Ts.Elbegdorj received Mr. Yang Jiechi.President Elbegdorj wished Foreign Minister Yang to have a comfortable visit to Mongolia and congratulated him on the success of official talks held between the Foreign Minister of .....More>>

The 2nd Economic Forum of Mongolia was held on March 3-4 at
the State House. This year’s economic forum is being conducted under the theme ‘Together in Development’,with open discussions in 15 submeetings,according to the four main issues —development policy, human development, infrastructure and governance.
The first economic forum was organized in 2010 with the purpose to ensure policy-makers, government,politicians,experts, businessmen and civil society share views on .national .....More>>

Cabinet supported the State policy on development of minerals
sector and draft national program on development of minerals sector until 2012 and decided to submit them to Parliament. The State policy on minerals sector directs to develop accountable and transparent mining by means of studying geological structure of Mongolian territory and enriching treasures of minerals, to improve Mongolia’s economy by establishing industrial complex to produce value added end-products,to satisfy national interest, .....More>>

On February 24-25, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi pays an official visit at the invitation of Foreign Minister G. Zandanshatar. In 2007, he started his foreign visits as Foreign Minister from Mongolia and also accompanied Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during his visit to Mongolia in 2010. On February 24, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi began his second official visit to Mongolia by conducting official talks with his Mongolian counterpart, G.Zandanshatar. At a press conference held after the official talk, .....More>>

The forum is peculiar for widening its scope and contents, discussing pressing economic issues in a comprehensive manner and paving ways for their solution. During the forum, 15 section meetings are expected to hold discussions on the main topics concerning public participation, capacities of trade unions ,governance, corporate governance, partnership between the State and private sector, financing,reform of public service, favorable business environment, rural and urban development, .....More>>

On February 14, Deputy Prime Minister M.Enkhbold met a delegation led by Mr. Hamad Al Kaabi, Ambassador and the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who was visiting Mongolia to grant a draft contract on the cooperation.The meeting was a continuation of the talks between Mongolian PM and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister for developing bilateral cooperation in a sphere of nuclear fuel and for supplying nuclear fuel to the UAE, during an.....More>>

On February 15, President Elbegdorj issued directives to the Government of Mongolia based on the decision made after discussion and consensus at the National Security Council, the state of affairs and action results on earthquake prevention, and founding upon Provision 1 of Article 34 of the Constitution of Mongolia,.The Decree of the President directs the Government to establish a non-staff Standing Council, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister,with members from the Office of the National Security Council,....More>>

On January 17, the Mongolbank,Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Relations and Trade, Ministry of Mineral Resource and Energy, the National Development and Innovation
Committee signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the foreign sector.
The 4th consultative seminar of the foreign sectoral statistics was called on the same day. The amount of inflowing capital is significantly increasing and its economic influence is....More>>

On February 8, Prime Minister S.Batbold met with representatives of wool and cashmere processing factories and listened to their position and suggestions for development of the sector.At the onset of the meeting,the Prime Minister said that the government announced 2001 as the ‘Year of promoting employment’ for a purpose to increase jobs and to support employment. He underlined that light industry, including wool and cashmere processing, might have more opportunities to be one of the strongest ....More>>

“Government is ready to render funding and policy supports to
effective projects and programs that have certain results and provide people with jobs. On February 8,Prime Minister S. Batbold said the main thing is that a professional union
and association of the sector should work-out a policy,” at a meeting with authorities and members of Mongolia’s Leather Association (MLA). They discussed pressing issues in the leather production sector, support from the State to this sphere, and ....More>>

President Ts. Elbegdorj headed to Swiss Confederation to pay a working visit on January 23-25 and to particpate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 26-30.In a line with his working visit, President Ts. Elbegdorj got au fait with ‘Center of Direct Democracy’ in Aargau canton (CDD), hearing about the country’s system of direct democracy and sharing views with experts. Switzerland is direct democratic system country. A declaration in the country’s constitution that says ....More>>

On January 24, Prime Minister S.Batbold met with foreign
parliamentary delegations who were participating in the 19th
Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) at the State House. During the meeting,the Prime Minister underlined that the gathering of parliamentarians of Asia-Pacific countries in Ulaanbaatar is a ‘great honor for Mongolia’. He also said that the APPF meeting will forward not only interparliamentary relations but also regional development cooperation. ....More>>

The economy continues to recover with most sectors rebounding strongly from the sharp drop in output in late 2008 and early 2009. Preliminary estimates suggest that real GDP grew by 6.1 percent year-on-year in 2010, following an outturn of minus 1.3 percent in 2009. However,winter arrived in Mongolia with the agriculture sector still feeling the impact from last year’s dzud. The sector has now experienced doubledigit contractions for the third quarter in a row. Consumer prices continued their upward trend , with the ...More>>

In 2011-2012, Mongolia intends to start extraction and processing of uranium deposits whose reserves were identified. For instance, reports of reserves of the uranium deposits ‘Gurvanbulag’ in Bayandun Soum of Dornod Aimag, ‘Khairkhan’ in Gurvansaikhan soums of Dundgobi Aimag, and ‘Kharaat’ in Dalanjargalan soums of Dornogobi Aimag, Bayanjargalan and Ondorshil soums of Dundgobi Aimag have been confirmed and feasibility studies have been worked out. Also, geological exploration of Dulaan Uul ...More>>

Staged every winter by the Mongolian Modern Calligraphy
Association, a calligraphy exhibition called ‘Shine Tsas’ (Fresh snow) ran at the Modern Art Gallery on January 14-18.The exhibition demonstrated the development of writing culture of Mongolians into art. The main purpose is to develop smart writing and calligraphy as Mongolian national property, to display, to generate proper usage, and to support young calligraphists and students.There were many works of art by over 20 calligraphists in the exhibition. As ...More>>

On January 20, Parliament approved an amendment to the Bill on the Law on Procedure of Parliamentary Session adopted on December 30, 2010 The amendment allows journalists to attend parliamentary meetings of standing committees and sub-committees. The law was adopted in the first discussion with 84.1 percent support of the MP’s who attended the plenary parliament session.Some clauses in the law, which was passed on December 30, faced much criticism and protest from media, journalist organizations, NGOs and ...More>>

The 20th anniversary of establishment of a capital market
and Mongolian Stock Exchange in Mongolia is marked in 2011.
It is expected that 2011 will be a historically significant year for MSE and the capital market. The reason is, major mining and infrastructure projects will raise money through stock exchange in the near future and the London Stock Exchange has been selected to manage the MSE. “The year 2011 will be a historical period to start legal reform of Mongolia’s capital market, establish ...More>>

President Ts. Elbegdorj pays special attention to air pollution in Ulaanbaatar and in recent days has worked intensively on this matter.
On January 13-14, President Elbegdorj visited the 12th Khoroo of Chingeltei District to partake in the ‘Clean Air’ project implemented by the Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia. During his visit, the President exchanged views with residents on reducing seasonal airpollution.Also, the Citizens’ Hall under the Office of the...More>>

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov and the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs of Mongolia, Nyamdorj Tsend, today agreed to strengthen cooperation on the interrelated areas of drug control, crime prevention and international terrorism in East and Central Asia.Mr. Fedotov noted: “Our increased cooperation is an important step in moving toward further tackling the threat of drugs, crime and terrorism. Not only are these considered grave dangers to the region and further afield, but they also present real issues to...More>>

On January 8, G.Zandanshatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs submitted a draft resolution on approval of the concept of foreign policy of Mongolia, to the Parliament Speaker D.Demberel.
The Foreign Minister said that he submitted the draft resolution in conjunction with requirements to increase benefits of external relations and to provide foreign policy with economic content in times of widening foreign relations and cooperation and intensive development of economics...More>>

On January 8-10, the Mongolian delegation headed by Prime Minister of Mongolia S. Batbold paid a working visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Mongolian delegation was welcomed by UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Oil, and other officials at the international airport of Abu Dhabi.
In the history of our relations, the Mongolian side has paid a visit at the Presidential level; a visit at the level of the Head of the..More>>

On January 11, Some MPs submitted a Bill to the Parliamentary
Speaker to re-amend the law on Procedure of Parliamentary Session adopted on December 30, 2010.
The Mongol Messenger reported in its previous issue that journalists and journalists’ organizations protested the amendment which excluded attendance of journalists at meetings of standing committees and sub-committees. MPs S. Erdene, D. Baldan-Ochir,D. Gankhuyag, E. Monkh-Ochir, Ts.Sedvanchig and...More>>

The government discussedand approved Wednesday an intergovernmentalagreement on cooperationin combating against humantrafficking, between Mongolia and Macau, a special administrative regionof the People's Republic of China(PRC).
Supervisory body or other relatedorganizations of Mongolia alone are notable to detect and investigate humantrafficking crime because it is a highlyorganizedand concealed trans-boundarycrime.It is expected that the agreementwill significantly contribute to...More>>

At its scheduled meeting, the Cabinet endorsed a ‘Mongolia-
Russia intergovernmental agreement for settling the financial liability of Mongolia to Russia’ which was signed in Moscow on December 14,2010.
Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar was given a duty to inform the Russian side that the Mongolian side has satisfied the domestic regulations required to make the agreement effective.According to the agreement, L.Purevdorj, Mongol Bank Governor was....More>>

On December 20, a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to be established between Mongolia and the European Union (EU)
was initialized in Ulaanbaatar, and the phase of talks was successfully concluded. The agreement was initialized by B.Bolor, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, and Mr. Franz Jessen, head of the European Commission’s unit for Mongolia. At the event Prime Minister S.Batbold was present and emphasized that the talks of the PCA started in September of 2009 and was very....More>>

‘Twenty Ten,’ as the year 2010 coined by spin-doctors, was
eventful for many different reasons throughout Mongolia.
It started with the country’s 99th year of independence and progressed with many sectors experiencing trials and tribulations, and as to be expected in a country facing rapid growth and change, the main sectors affected were politics, mining, health and education.The year opened with the Energy Regulatory Office’s Council of Regulators resolution in January to increase ....More>>

Mongolia is making its first uranium exploration. An interview about uranium and the nuclear station research investigation was made with G.Manlaijav, Chief of the nuclear technology department of the Nuclear Energy Agency.
- Much discussion is taking place regarding the nuclear power
station. Would you say a few words about the research and investigation activity? -The building of a nuclear power station (NPS) is a question which depends upon a number of ....More>>

Russia and Mongolia signed an agreement on the principals of
creating a joint venture to develop the central Asian country’s biggest untapped uranium field, the Dornod resource.
The agreement was signed in Moscow today by Rosatom Corp.,
Russia’s nuclear power company,Russia’s government-run ARMZ
Uranium Holding, Mongolia’s stateowned KOO MonAtom and the
country’s nuclear agency.Russian investment in the first stage of the project is $300 million,Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko....More>>

MOSCOW, December 14 (Itar-Tass) — An intergovernmental
agreement has settled Mongolian debts to Russia, which formed in the Soviet period, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said after Tuesday negotiations with his Mongolian counterpart.
The debts were settled “on terms most preferential for Mongolian friends,” he remarked.Russia wrote off 97.8% of the Mongolian debt of $172 million,Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said. He said that Mongolia would pay the remaining....More>>

The 10th Conference of the Directors-General of Immigration of the ASEM members will be held in Mongolia during 2011 in accordance with a decision of the 9th Conference which ran November 20-23 in Brussels, Belgium.Mongolia was represented at the 9th meeting by a delegation headed by D.Moron, Head of the Service for Foreign Citizens and Citizenship. The meeting has considered three basic themes — the detection of unaccompanied minors, the detection of irregular migrants, the selection of labor migrants and the....More>>

On December 2-4, an International Tourism Fair ‘Mongolia ITF-2010’ was co-organized by the Environment and Tourism Ministry and National Tourism Center at Misheel Expo for the sixth year. Mongolia-ITF 2010 brought together a total of 106 organizations including business representatives from Russia, China, Japan, UK,France and India and from Mongolia’s 21 aimags’ Environment and Tourism Departments, tour operators, hotels,tour camps, aviation companies, state and non-government organizations,projects and....More>>

On December 8, Parliament Speaker D.Demberel met representatives of ten organizationsmembers of the NGO’s forum.
The visitors presented him an open letter with information about the human rights situation in Mongolia, which had been sent by the forum of NGO to the UN’s Human Rights Council for consideration. “Mongolia’s Government was given 129 recommendations from 43 countries, but they only accepted 118, while the remaining required
concrete law regulations,” they said.The Speaker was ....More>>

At its regular meeting on December 1, the Cabinet discussed
the following matters
Quarantine regime annulled
On December 1, the heightened state of preparedness that was settled due to outbreak of animal contagious foot-and-mouth disease in Dornod and Sukhbaatar aimags was annulled
because the spread was determined to have stopped. Governors of Dornod and Sukhbaatar aimags instructed the carrying-out....More>>

On November 30, the President of Mongolia,Ts.Elbegdorj received Giuseppe de Vincentis,United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,and regional representative for oversees affairs of Mongolia and China. “Our close cooperation with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees began in 1999. Various training and legal workshops on of Refugees was organized” said President Elbegdorj, and thanked the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for providing assistance this spring to Mongolian....More>>

With aims to contribute to the development of activities and cooperation of member- countries and observer countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), G.Zandanshatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia proposed to hold a
forum of scientists of SCO countries in Ulaanbaatar in 2012.
He sounded this initiative in his speech at an enlarged meeting of the Council of Heads of Governments Prime Ministers) of SCO memberstates held in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe....More>>

Mongolia deeply regrets the loss of human lives and material damages caused by artillery firings in the Yellow Sea on November 23 this year. Mongolia believes that there are possibilities for the parties concerned to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiations that would promote and ensure peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region as a whole.The Government of Mongolia is grateful to the Government of the Republic of Korea for the care provided to Mongolian citizens living on the....More>>

Mongolians were feeling upset about China’s getting khoomii (overtone singing) registered at UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of China.Now Mongolians are feeling satisfied after hearing that khoomii has been registered at UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of Mongolia. During the 5th session of UNESCO’S intergovernmental committee of the Convention on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritages held in Nairobi on November 14-19, Mongolia’s Khoomii, Three Manly Games and Eagle....More>>

Mongolia’s government sent a request to the UK to immediately
release national security official B.Khurts who was arrested and is under detention in London. A trial for B. Khurts, who has beendetained for over 2 months, was held on November 15, but adjourned for additional investigation. At the press conference on November 22, Foreign Minister G. Zandanshatar made an official explanation about the trial. He said, “Mongolia’s position is clear and a relevant organization is working to take all the necessary....More>>

On November 2-4, Mongolia’s National Human Rights Report was discussed and appraised by the UN Human Rights Commission.
It was emphasized that the National Report contained the required information and stated difficulties in protecting human rights, that the
National Human Right Commission collaborated with civil societies and NGOs to prepare the report and capital punishment was delayed. On November 22, Prime Minister S. Batbold called a delegation led by G. Bayasgalan, head of the Working....More>>

On November 22, Ch.Sangaragchaa, head of the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) met on experts from the UN Convention against Corruption who arrived in Ulaanbaatar.The purpose of the visit of the expert group is to check the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption and the evaluation of its performance.During the visit, the experts are planned to visit the Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs, Supreme Court, and Ministry of Finance, the State General Prosecutor’s Office, General Police Department,....More>>

On November 20, President Ts.Elbegdorj participated in and made a speech on Afghanistan at the general session of the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government that took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Accompanying the President, Mongolia’s Defense Minister L. Bold also participated in the summit.Mandated by the United Nations,NATO is leading peacekeeping operations and restoration works in Afghanistan. To coordinate the operations and works, the nations contributing to the United Nations mandated, NATO....More>>

On November 12, President Ts.Elbegdorj received a letter from Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification. The letter said “I received the news about the meeting of the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of Mongolia in a Gobi desert area called Gashuunii Khooloi with the view to call the attention of the international community to the effects of climate change, desertification and land degradation in Mongolia.... More>>

On November 13, President Ts. Elbegdorj sent a congratulatory letter on behalf of the people of Mongolia to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Myamnar’s Pro- Democracy Leader, ardent fighter for democracy and freedom congratulating and wished her the best on the occasion of her being released from house arrest.
President Elbegdorj wrote: “Your Excellency,I have received the news with great joy that you were released from house arrest without any condition by the Government of the Republic of the Union... More>>

Mongolia is currently facing critical industrial policy challenges. The country has a number of highly distinctive features due to its geography and history, and also struggles with managing its manufacturing sectors and diversifying its economy.
One of the key resources of the country is its large mineral reserves of copper ore, gold, zinc ores, etc., which give it the potential to grow rapidly, and to raise living standards significantly, if they are well managed. On the other hand,one of its largest set-backs... More>>

A three day roundtable on Mongol history was held in Vienna on 4-6 November. The event was organized by Institute of Iranian Studies of Austrian Academy of Sciences and International Peace Council for states, peoples and minorities (KREDDHA International). Historians from many countries, including Mongolia, Austria, USA, Russia, China, Japan, Canada, Britain and the Republic of Korea discussed the issues connected with the medieval history of Mongolia.The paper and issue discussed included: where did the... More>>

On November 2-4, a report on the status of human rights in Mongolia was discussed and confirmed at the 9th UPR Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as presented by Mongolia’s government. During the presentation, delegates from 43 countries put forward questions and provided recommendations to Mongolia’s government representatives.They appraised the work and concluded that the report covered all the necessary information and that all the human rights-related difficulties that... More>>

On November 11, the Government of Mongolia and the European
Union (EU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the
Multiannual Indicative Plan (MIP) for cooperation for the period 2011-2013,on the occasion of the annual meeting of the EU Member States Ambassadors with the Prime Minister of Mongolia,S. Batbold, by the Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Mongolia, Dr. Michael Pulch, and the Ministry for Finance of Mongolia, S.Bayartsogt. The MIP 2011-2013 provides the... More>>

On November 11, President Ts.Elbegdorj called on Ambassadors of the EU member States in Mongolia.Present at the meeting were Ambassadors and charge d’affaires from the UK, Republic of Bulgaria,Federal Republic of Germany,French Republic, Czech Republic,Republic of Austria, Kingdom of Belgium, Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Poland, Portuguese Republic, Republic of Finland, Republic of Hungary and Kingdom of Sweden and deputy head of EC Representative... More>>

Mr. President,
My delegation would like to thank Mr.Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for presenting the annual report on the work of the Agency. I would also wish to thank the distinguished representative of Pakistan for introduction of the draft resolution entitled “Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency” contained in the document A/65/L. 10 in Pakistan’s quality as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA... More>>

Mongolia’s government press office reports that the “Human development report-2010”, released annually by the UN, was presented November 4 all around the world. List of Human development indexes covers 169 member-states.
According to the report, Mongolia soared to 100th place with 0.622 points from the last years 114th by the HDI. It has been stated in the report that substantial achievements were made in Asian countries, particular, the indexe on human development has been... More>>

United Nations Human rights Council /UNHRC/ discussed on November 2-4 Mongolia’s national report on human rights situation and confirmed the report of the working group.
During the presentation of report, delegates from 43 countries who had questioned the Mongolian government’s representatives, considered that the report covers all the necessary information and that all the difficulties are mentioned that Mongolia is facing in protecting human rights6 In the meantime, they have ... More>>

More than 100 delegates are expected to attend a high-profile
conference exploring Mongolia’s natural resource investment
landscape and its opportunities.The three-day conference will be held at the Royal Garden Hotel in London, November 23 to 25.
The conference capitalizes on Mongolia’s rich resource wealth
made increasingly attractive since the signing of the lucrative coppergold Oyu Tolgoi Agreement in Oct 6, 2009 which created a more stable operational and tax environment and ... More>>

On October 29, Prime Minister S. Batbold was called on by S.V. Kirienko, President of Russia’s Rosatom State Corporation to share views on collaboration. At the meeting, they agreed to establish a joint company and put it into operation without wasting time.
After meeting with the Prime Minister, the Russian delegation led by Mr. Kirienko was received by Foreign Minister G. Zandanshatar.At the meeting, they discussed collaboration in uranium extraction and the nuclear energy sector. The sides also had detailed .... More>>

On October 26, a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) working group held its regular meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Report on Human Rights Conditions.
The meeting spent three hours considering this National Report submitted by the Government,reports from UN organizations in Mongolia, and the National Commission for Human Rights, as well as nine relevant reports drawn up by NGOs and other relevant organizations in Mongolia.The working group’s 47 .... More>>

The Prime Minister S.Batbold received Tuesday Mr. Yukiya Amano, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Premier has underlined that the government of Mongolia is paying a special attention to the projects co-implemented by Mongolia and the IAEA in the health, agriculture and mining spheres in accordance with a cooperation program signed in December of 2009. The Premier has thanked the IAEA for choosing .... More>>

The President Ts.Elbegdorj met Tuesday IAEA / International Atomic Energy Agency/ General Director Mr. Yukiya Amano.
During the meeting, Mongolia's state head mentioned about that Mongolia wholly supports the purpose of IAEA to increase the role of atomic energy in global peacekeeping and in developing of health sector. He added that," the signing of cooperation programme between Mongolia and the Agency has become a vital step towards the extending a cooperation between them". .... More>>

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ A visit of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano started Monday here. The visit is being paid at an invitation of S.Batbold, the Prime Minister of Mongolia.
In order to share views on the collaboration between Mongolia and the IAEA, Mr. Amano will hold meetings with S.Batbold, the Premier; G.Zandanshatar, the Foreign Minister; T.Badamjunai, the Minister of .Food, Agriculture and Light Industry; J.Tsolmon, the Vice .... More>>

The Governments of Mongolia and Macau, China’s special administrative region, have established an agreement on cooperation to combat human trafficking. This agreement was inked on October 18 in Macau by D. Tsogtbaatar, the State Secretary at Mongolia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and by Cheong Kuoc Va,Macau’s Secretary for Security. The agreement has five chapters and twenty clauses, all about the development of ties and collaboration between the two countries’ organizations to .... More>>

On October 26, S.Bayartsogt, Minister of Finance of Mongolia and Ms. Coralie Gevers, the new Country Manager of the World Bank for Mongolia, signed a US$30 million Financing Agreement in support
of the significant reforms that the Government has been undertaking
since it was hit by the economic crisis in 2008.The Second Phase of Development Policy Credit (DPC2),which complements the First Phase financing of US$40 million that was approved in June 2009, aims to support the Government in its continued .... More>>

Exchanging commodities and raw materials supported
Cabinet, in principle, backed a Bill on exchanging agricultural
commodities and raw materials and agreed to submit it to Parliament after reflecting Cabinet members’ suggestions.
The adoption of this Bill, is to bring into effect a precondition
that: agricultural commodities and raw materials be put into economic circulation; implementation standards be prepared; raw materials be transported and stored; ensure a .... More>>

At its meeting on October 21, the Mongol Bank’s Board of Directors
reached a decision not to change the Policy Rate.
According to the National Statistical Committee, inflation had stood at 10.6 percent throughout the nation and at 10.9 percent in Ulaanbaatar by September. After showing faster growth during the
first half of this year, inflation has declined from the 3rd quarter. The Bill on the 2011 State Budget is under the discussion at Parliament. Parliament.Mongol Bank’s Monetary Policy .... More>>

On October 14, President Ts.Elbegdorj met with Mr. Steven Barnett, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mongolia Mission Chief,and Mr. Parmeshwar Ramlogan, the Resident Representative of the IMF to
Mongolia.
“The IMF considers that the Stand-By Arrangement, concluded this October, has been implemented successfully,” said Barnett. “We are
very glad that we have cooperated with Mongolia’s government, parliament and people. Mongolia has become the only .... More>>

As of October 14, the grain harvest was at 97.4 percent—339,675 tons, and vegetables, 99 percent—163.540 tones of potatoes and 86,425.8 tones of other vegs.The provinces of Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Khovd,Zavkhan, Khuvsgul, Bayankhongor, Arkhangai,Uvurkhangai, Darkhan-Uul, Tuv, Khentiy,Dornod and Sukhbaatar have already gathered their grain.
Potatoes and other veg harvesting is almost completed in rural areas, excluding Bayan-Ulgii, Gobi-Altai, Dornod, .... More>>

On October 15, Finance Minister S. Bayartsogt reported to press that Mongolia will pay approximately USD 3 million of debt to Russia. A Memorandum of Mutual Understanding on this issue was inked and the issue will be finalized with approval of an intergovernmental
agreement.
From 1946-1991, Mongolia’s (then) government had a loan worth
11.8 billion in convertible Rubles from the Soviet Union of which,9.6 billion was fundamental debt, and 2.2 billion was loan .... More>>

„Хүмүүнд төр эрхэм, Төрд хүмүүн эрдэнэ “ уриан дор Монгол Удсад, хилийн чанадад, хүн ам, орон сууцны тооллого 2010 оны 11 дүгээр сарын 11-нээс 17-ны хооронд долоо хоногийн хугацаатай явагдах гэж байна. Монгол Төрөөс иргэддээ олгох нийгмийн халамж, үйлчилгээ тэр дундаа эх орны хишгийг хүртээх үндсэн нөхцөл бүхий ач холбогдлоос гадна энэхүү иргэн бүрийг төлөөлөх эх үйлс нь: 1.Хүн ам зүй, нийгэм эдийн засгийн өсөлт хөгжилд гарсан өөрчлөлтийг судлах .... More>>

On October 11, the 13th regular meeting of the Mongolia and EU Joint Committee took place in Ulaanbaatar, co-chaired by M. Enkhbold, the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia and head of the joint committee for Mongolian side, and by F.Jessen, a head of Mongolian Affairs Section at the European Commission (EC).
The sides exchanged information on the present situation of politics, socio-economy and foreign policy. They considered implementation
of the development program between Mongolia and the .... More>>

On October 10-11, the International Renewable Energy Organization (IREO) in cooperation with the United Kingdom based,Humanitad international NGO, chose Mongolia as the very first Flagship Pilot Nation for their newly launched, Exemplar-Zero Initiative— carbon-zero, sustainable development global initiative. Mongolia was announced as the Flagship Pilot Nation during the official
inauguration of the E-Z Initiative, in New York. mong the participants were: Mr. Sasha Stone, Humanitad Founder and IREO.... More>>

From November 11-17,the Population and Housing Census,conducting once each decade, under the recommendation of UN, will run throughout the nation.
Preliminary registration for the census runs until October 25 and covers artisanal miners, homeless, herders on transhumance, and foreigners who are staying in Mongolia longer than183 days. Thisregistration helps to approximate how many people will be involved in the census and where they will be registered .... More>>

The London Stock Exchange is the frontrunner to manage the Mongolian Stock Exchange according to Prime Minister Batbold recently in the press. But the London Stock Exchange is already active in Mongolia to inform the business community about the possibilities to list at their exchange or at the AIM which is the sub-market of the London Stock Exchange for smaller companies.This second Annual Mongolian Capital Markets Conference was organized by the London Stock Exchange in association .... More>>

On October 3, President Ts.Elbegdorj left Mongolia for the Kingdom of Belgium to take part in the 8th ASEM Summit to run on October 4-5 in Brussels and to pay official visits to the Republic of Finland and
the Kingdom of Denmark.State leaders of some 40 Asian and European countries attended the 8th ASEM Summit. Mongolia joined the ASEM in 2006.
The 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit started on October 4 in Brussels, the Kingdom of Belgium. The leaders of the .... More>>

On October 5, the preliminary registration for the Population and
Housing Census started and will end on October 25. Artisanal miners, the homeless,herders on transhumance, and foreigners who are staying in Mongolia longer than183 days are to be registered at interim bureaus set-up at relevant khoroos and baghs. It will provide the possibility to approximate how many people will be registered during the Population and Housing Census which runs from November 11 to 17.Mongolians staying abroad .... More>>

Mongolia will seek an initial public offering for its Tavan Tolgoi mining assets after this year’s opening of a national stock exchange, with the government retaining control, Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold said.
The country will sell as much as a 50 percent stake in the coal deposit to the public, Batbold said in a briefing in New York today.Mongolia will pick a contractor for the project in the next month, he said. China, the world’s biggest steelmaking nation, .... More>>

Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatariin Batbold said the London Stock Exchange, the front-runner in a bid to manage a new local stock exchange, is expected to be up and running by year-end.
"London is the front-runner" to run this exchange, building it up from scratch," Batbold told reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.Mongolia is trying to make the most of its natural resource wealth. It is one of the last places on earth with huge untapped mining resources for coal, .... More>>

This session of the General Assembly is taking place when certain
signs of recovery are being observed in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis fallen on the heels of the sharp spikes in food and energy prices. Although the world is still grappling with effects of these multiple and inter-related crises, the MDGs Summit’s call of last week for intensified collective action gives hope for optimism.As the world plunged into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression the best minds around the.... More>>

The cabinet endorsed a directive to be followed by the Mongolian side during the 13th Mongolia-EU Joint Committee meeting on October 11-12, 2010 in Ulaanbaatar. Also, M.Enkhbold, Deputy Prime Minister and a head of Mongolian side in the joint committee, was asked to approve the composition of representatives.During the meeting, the sides will hear present and foreign policies of politics and economy of each other. They will also share views on the present condition of development cooperation and its.... More>>

On September 20-24, J. Enkhsaikhan, Permanent Representative of Mongolia to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to other international organizations at Vienna and Mongolia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, is chairing the 54th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA was established in 1957 with purposes to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose,including nuclear weapons. As... More>>

On September 22-23, US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B.Poneman visited Mongolia for two days to meet with government officials and members of the private sector to discuss energy issues. On September 22, Mr. Daniel B. Poneman met with teachers and students of Mongolian University of Science and Technology and lectured about the need to build a sustainable energy future and US-Mongolian cooperation in this sector. Later, Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar held a meeting with US Deputy Secretary.... More>>

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia G.Zandanshatar met Wednesday Mr.Daniel B.Poneman, the U.S Deputy Secretary of Energy. After the meeting they have signed a Mongolia-USA inter-governmental memorandum on cooperation in exploitation of nuclear energy for peace. At the news conference held after the signing ceremony, Mr. Poneman underlined that the above inter-governmental memorandum has three sets of importance that are to produce nuclear energy with ..... More>>

Strong policy response to global crisis offsets fall in exports, copper prices IMF program provided space to Mongolian authorities
to implement changes Bright outlook with pending boom in mineral sector.
Mongolia has witnessed a dramatic turnaround in a year and a half. After teetering on the verge of economic collapse, IMF economists now predict strong growth this year for the landlocked country in northeast Asia.Mongolia’s recovery has been assisted,..... More>>

At its regular meeting on September 16, the following matters were discussed.
Salary of state workers and pensions from social insurance and welfare funds to increase. During the spring session of the parliament, adjustment was made to the State Budget and required funding was included to raise the salary of state workers and all types of pensions and allowances giving from social insurance and welfare funds by 30 percent starting..... More>>

A member of the state selected team for free-style wrestling and an international master of sports S.Battsetseg won a gold medal in the FILA Wrestling World Championship running in Moscow city, Russia. S.Battsetseg competed in women's free-style wrestling in the weight category of 59 kg. She had a bye in her first round, and then defeated her rivals Tonya Lynn Verbeek from Canada, Joice Souza Da Silva (Brazil) and Ayoko Shoda (Japan). At the final round, S.Battsetseg beat Zhang Lan from China ..... More>>

The eighth International Mining Investor’s Forum–‘Discover Mongolia 2010’ –exploring mining investment opportunities,will be held September 8 to 10 at the Children’s Palace in Ulaanbaatar.
The Forum has been sponsored by MineInfo Minerals Consulting LLC,Monrud LLC and the Mongolian National Mining Association and
includes a mining conference,Investor’s exchange exhibition, Geology and exploration, mining investment and sustainable mining sessions, a ‘Government Hour’ meeting, ..... More>>

On September 7, the international investment firm Eurasia Capital
organized one of this year’s major investment conferences in Mongolia.The event took place in the Chinggis Khaan Hotel in Ulaanbaatar and was attended by a distinguished group of people from Mongolia and abroad.The event opened with a message from Prime Minister S.Batbold which was read to the audience by Mr. Ch.Ganhuyag, CEO of Tenger Financial Group who is also Advisor to the Prime Minister..... More>>

September 10 is the day to commemorate politically repressed
people. On this day each year, a tribute is paid by the laying of a wreath at the monument for Repressed People. Also, some activities are conducted,including issuing grants and nonrefundable aid to repressed people and their families.This year, it was decided to grant one-time cash allowance under the order of the head of the State Commission on Management and Organization Rehabilitation Political Repression (SCMORPR)...... More>>

Mongolia, one day, hopes to export more than just coal to neighboring China.
At a recent cabinet meeting, Prime Minister S.Batbold outlined plans to ramp up the country's investments in alternative energy and to export wind power to China enough to equal 40 million tons of coal.Mongolia is currently the fourth largest coal exporter to China. China was a net exporter of coal until last year, when rising domestic demand and a major overhaul of mines in its Shanxi........... More>>

On August 30, Katsuya Okada,Japan’s Foreign Affairs Minister paid a one-day visit to Mongolia. The entire visit was aimed to satisfy preparations of the pending visit of Mongolia’s President to Japan. Japan’s Foreign Affairs Minister began his visit in Mongolia by laying a wreath at the memorial monument for Japanese soldiers in the Dambadarjaa area of Ulaanbaatar. After the event, G.Zandanshatar,Mongolia’s Foreign Minister held an official talk with his Japanese counterpart. During the talk, the sides ......... More>>

On August 25, a consular consultative meeting between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and Republic of Korea ran at the Foreign Ministry of Mongolia.
Talks were held between D.Gankhuyag, Director of the Consular Department of the Foreign Ministry, and Peg Ju Heong, Director of the S. Korean Ministry’s Consular Department. The Mongolian side expressed its position and put forward proposals on implementation of previously discussed issues, on realization......... More>>

On August 20, Prime Minister S.Batbold met with a Lieutenant General, Wallace C. Gregson,U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific affairs.
At the onset of the meeting, the Prime Minister noted that Mongolia-USA cooperation has been developing in frames of the bilateral comprehensive partnership in strengthening democracy, humanitarian aid, trade, economics,education, and the defense sectors. Mr. Batbold emphasized that....... More>>

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — In the two decades since the Soviet Union dissolved and Mongolia became an independent democracy, the country has struggled to resuscitate cultural traditions lost during its many years as a Soviet satellite.“Stalin wanted to bring Russian culture to Mongolia and destroy Mongolia’s national ambition,” explained the poet G. Mend-Ooyo, speaking in the book- and calligraphy-filled office of the Mongolian Academy of Culture and Poetry, of which he is president and founder...... More>>