2010' highlight events of Montsame

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The national MONTSAME news agency is naming the events to be written in its history:

1. Meeting of Executive Council of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) will run in UB city. On March 3, 2010, the government of Mongolia issued the 49th resolution on organizing the 33rd regular meeting of the OANA's Executive Council and the 27th meeting of the OANA's Group of Editorial Office and Techniques in Ulaanbaatar. In addition, the Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs Ts.Nyamdorj, and head of the Cabinet Secretariat Ch.Khurelbaatar have been ordered to draw up a bill on the MONTSAME news agency and to submit it to the cabinet.

2. A photograph named "The 1,000,678th citizen" taken by S.Batsukh, a photographer of the MONTSAME, has been awarded with a Grand Prix of a contest co-organized by the Association of Mongolian Photographers and the Union of Democratic Socialist Youths. Apart of the Grand Prix, the photographer S.Batsukh has received a cash prize of MNT 500 thousand.

3. A meeting of the MONTSAME agency's board of leaders held April 16 concluded as satisfactory results of plans for the agency implemented in 2001-2010. Then, the agency has discussed and approved a new document on purposes and strategic goals to be realized from 2011 to 2020.

4.On June 9, the MONTSAME agency established a three-year cooperation contract with the Mongolian Union for Peace and Friendship. The main purposes of the contract are to propagandize historical progress of Mongolians and achievements of democratic Mongolia to the world, to expand frame of Mogolia's supporters abroad, to strengthen friendship of nations, and to support the people's diplomatic policy. The agency has signed a contract on five-year cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia (ASM). This contract aims to advertise achievements of Mongolia's scientific sphere nationwide and worldwide, and to support Mongolian studies. The MONTSAME agency has proposed to collaborate with the National Council of Propaganda for Mongolia and Cultural Policy, and with the International Union of Mongolian Studies.

5.The cooperation of the MONTSAME agency was expanded in 2010. The agency actively cooperated with the South Korea's Yonhap news agency in exchanging video news. The MONTSAME regularized a work of supplying news in Russian and English and photos to the OANA. The agency has established cooperation contracts with the "Trend" news agency of Azerbaijan during the Seoul Congress of the OANA, and shared views with news agencies of Australia, Italy, Syria and Paraguay on establishing cooperation contracts and protocols. The MONTSAME agreed with Cuba's Prensa Latina agency to update the cooperation contract.

6. On September 17, the MONTSAME's Domestic News editor-in-chief and general manager of the "MONTSAME news" daily B.Nominchimed was awarded the prize named after Baldorj.

7. On October 29, the Red Flag Order of Labor Merit was bestowed upon J.Tsevegjav, a retired officer of the MONTSAME agency, on occasion of the anniversary of Ulaanbaatar city, and the North Star Order--upon B.Nominchimed. The Honorary Medal of Labor has been given to D.Enkhbileg, an editor-in-chief of the agency's News Abroad Desk, and to A.Sarantsetseg, an operator of the Domestic News Desk.

8. Director-General of the MONTSAME T.Baasansuren together with editor-in-chief of the United Editorial Office for Russian, Chinese and Japanese Press Ya.Indra participated in a regular assembly of the OANA held November 14-27 in Istanbul, Turkey. During this assembly, the MONTSAME was elected member of the Executive Council.

9. The MONTSAME has written in its Book of Honour the names of the people who significantly contributed to the agency's development. They are former director-general of the agency Ch.Erdene, S.Bayar, B.Zorigt.

A head of the publishing house S.Bayarsaikhan

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