Mongolia Brief June 17, 2014 Part II
Professor P.K.Mukherjee to Present Lecture and Discussion in Ulaanbaatar on “Law of Sea and Interests of Landlocked Developing Countries”
June 17
(infomongolia.com) The International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing
Countries (ITT-LLDCs) in cooperation with the Mongolian Maritime Administration
under the Ministry of Roads and Transportation is organizing a lecture on the
“Law of the Sea and Interests of Landlocked Developing Countries” to be
presented by the distinguished professor Proshanto Kumar Mukherjee on June 18,
2014.
Development of
a country depends on the size of its foreign trade. Thus, rapid economic
development is witnessed in coastal economies and cities and regions of
countries that are located nearby the sea.
However,
landlocked countries face numerous challenges in gaining access to foreign
trade and to major economic centres of the world. Most of landlocked countries
are either developing countries and some of them are categorized as least
developed countries.
As for
Mongolia, its foreign trade depends on the economic situation of its two
neighbouring countries. Thus, it is necessary for Mongolia and other landlocked
developing countries to see beyond their neighbouring countries and diversify
their import as well as their export destinations.
During the
lecture, necessity of LLDCs to maintain maritime transportation, provisions to
these countries by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and opportunities to
implement them in practice and reflect them on related policies and strategies
will be discussed. Furthermore there will be a discussion on best practices of
LLDCs that maintain successful foreign trade relations with their transit
neighbours such as Russia and China as for Mongolia's two neighbors. The
participants will also be provided with opportunities to exchange views,
experiences and knowledge within the topic of the lecture.
The following
issues will be discussed during the lecture:
- Activities of
maritime transportation and its impact on the economy;
- Changing
trends of law on maritime transportation;
- UN
conventions on “The Law of the Sea” and “Transit Trade of Landlocked Countries”
and explanation of general understanding on the rights of LLDCs provided by
these conventions;
- Analysis on
how to use and improve/develop the rights provided by these legal documents and
conclusion;
- Activities of
maritime transportation/conditions and opportunities to enter the network of
maritime transportations;
- Cost and
common issues related to maritime transportation;
- Maritime
transportation insurance;
- Port
utilisation by landlocked countries.
The opening
remarks will be delivered by Interim Director of the ITT-LLDCs, Mr. E.Odbayar,
presentation on “Current Situation of Railway Transportation” by Head of the
Railway-Maritime Transportation Policy Implementation Coordination Department
of the Ministry of Roads and Transportation, Mr. Yo.Manlaibayar, and presentation
on “Current Situation of the Maritime Sector of Mongolia” by Head of the
Mongolian Maritime Administration under the Ministry of Roads and
Transportation, Mr. Kh.Enkhbaatar, where the lecture by Professor P.K.Mukherjee
will be organized at the International Think Tank for LLDCs in Ulaanbaatar at
UN House, United Nations Street-14, Sukhbaatar District at 02:00 pm on June 18,
2014.
Speaker Meets UN Delegation
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) Parliament Speaker Z.Enkhbold met Tuesday with Mr Haoliang
Xu, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) regional director for Asia
and the Pacific.
The Speaker
expressed a satisfaction with the 40-year cooperation of Mongolia with the UNDP
which has been developing many successful projects including "Support to
Participatory Legislative Process", "Capacity Strengthening of Local
Self-Governing Bodies". He expressed a pleasure with a UNDP training that
involved staffers of local self-governing bodies here, and noted that the
Government of Mongolia donated 540 million togrog to promote the joint project
on Operationalization of the International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing
Countries in Ulaanbaatar.
in response, Mr
Haoliang Xu thanked the Speaker for receiving him and expressed a pleasure that
the Mongolian side has been using the UN reports in its affairs. He also noted
that UNDP is willing to collaborate with Mongolia in determining the post-2015
development goals, and stressed the importance of the promoting of proper
perception among the public about the goals of the joint programs and projects.
Mr Enkhbold
said Mongolia is still in need of assistance of international development
bodies even though it has advanced into the category of middle-income
countries.
Dornogovi to Cooperate French Provinces
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) Ambassador of France to Mongolia Mr Yves Delaunay met Monday
with the Governor of eastern Dornogovi province during his visit there.
The meeting was
also attended by project managers who are planning to implement there projects
of economic assistance and soft loans of the government of France. The managers
were presented project proposals of Dornogovi and Ovorkhangai aimags, from
which they will later select feasible ones to conduct detailed studies on.
In previous
visit to Dornogovi, the French Ambassador had expressed a willingness to
broaden cooperation between provinces of Mongolia and France.
GEC Head Meets Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) Chairman of the General Election Commission (GEC)
Ch.Sodnomtseren Tuesday received Ms K.Baktigulova, the Concurrent Non-Resident
Ambassador of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to Mongolia.
The GEC head
congratulated Ms Baktigulova on being appointed the Ambassador to Mongolia and
spoke about his organization. He said the ties and collaboration between the
election bodies of the two countries have been boosting, and mutual visits
within them have been regularizing.
He said the GEC
wants to share information and experiences with Kyrgyzstan on organizing
elections, adding that the two countries' election bodies agreed to establish a
memorandum of mutual understanding.
In turn, Ms
Baktigulova said Mongolia's experience in running elections is attracting her
country because foreign observers and experts highly spoke he latest elections
held in Mongolia. Kyrgyzstan wants to learn methods and experiences in refining
the election system and in introducing the newest technology, she added. The Mongolian
experience will contribute to making elections in Kyrgyzstan fair, open and
transparent, she hoped.
Our "Polar Star" Order Goes to Dankook University President
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) On occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Department of
Mongolian Language at the Dankook University of South Korea, the university’s
president Dr Chang Ho-sung has been awarded the "Polar Star" Order by
a decree of the Mongolian President.
The Order was
granted on Monday by R.Gonchigdorj, a Vice Speaker of parliament, in the
Embassy of Mongolia in the Republic of Korea. This is recognition of Mr
Ho-sung's contribution to a development of the Mongol studies and to preparing
the S.Korean Mongolists.
Thanking
Mongolia for this high state prize, Dr Chang said his university will expand
lessons and activities related to the Mongol studies, augment studies and
programmes and collaborate with Mongolian educational organizations.
Present at the
ceremony were diplomats of South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, teachers
of the Dankook University, and also Kim Hong-jin, a leader of the Society of
Mongol Studies.
The same day,
the Vice Speaker met Kim Joon Kyung, a president of the Korea Development
Institute (KDI) to share views on developing collaboration in developmental
policy and experiences.
D.Battsogt MP Receives UNFPA Consultant
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) Head of the parliamentary Standing committee on social
policy, education, culture and science D.Battsogt Tuesday met Ms Katrin
Schneider, a consultant to the UNFPA, and delegates of the National Committee
of Gender (NCG).
Ms Schneider
noted that the UNFPA and the NCG have been cooperating since 2007 and that she
is happy with this long-year cooperation. She said the UNFPA intends to run
training this June 21 for members of the Standing committees on social policy,
education, culture and science and on budget, in frames of the
"Gender-sensitive budget" project.
In response, Mr
Battsogt said he will encourage the Standing committees’ members to actively
participate in the training that is expected to give information about international
experiences and methods on managing budgets.
“MON ROBOT-2014” camp
June 17
(news.mn) The Mongolia-Korea joint “MON ROBOT-2014” will take place at
Nairamdal (or Friendship) International Children's Camp between June 24thand
26th. “MON ROBOT-2014” aims to encourage children`s creativity and thinking for
mechanics and familiarize them with technological skills. The camp will be held
under the subject of “Nature’s fury”. The Minister of Education and Science is
supporting the competition.
“MON
ROBOT-2014” will be held among pupils from grades 6 to 10 grades in secondary
schools in Mongolia and as well as high school pupils of South Korea.
Winners of the
first, second, third and special places will be named and prized.
Registration of
participants for “MON ROBOT-2014” will run at Shine Ekhlel laboratory school
affiliated with the Ministry of Education and Science until July 20th.
50 MW Expansion Works for Third Thermal Power Plant in Ulaanbaatar Accomplished
June 17
(infomongolia.com) The opening ceremony of expansion works completed at the
Thermal Power Plant III was held on June 16, 2014, where Prime Minister
N.Altankhuyag, Energy Minister M.Sonompil, Economic Development Minister
N.Batbayar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the PR of China to
Mongolia Wang Xiaolong and project executor “Hunan Industrial Equipment
Installation” company representatives have attended.
In his opening
remarks Premier N.Altankhuyag noted, “Today we are accepting the Third Thermal
Power Plant with its additional 50 MW of expansion. This is a huge work that
has not been done in the energy sector of our country in last 25 years. This
great construction was financed with 35 million USD sourced from Chinggis bond
that enables to provide 20 thousand households with heat and energy".
The Government
of Mongolia issued a Resolution No.142 on April 13, 2013 to expand the capacity
of the Thermal Power Plant III with 50 MW and in the frameworks, China’s “Hunan
Industrial Equipment Installation” company won the tender and by signing the
“Turnkey” Contract on June 15, 2013, started the project a month later.
Minister of
Energy, MP M.Sonompil added, “We will accept the Fourth Thermal Power Plant
with 123 MW of expansion in October 2014. Moreover, “Amgalan” Thermal Power
Plant project with capacity of 300 MW will be accomplished by November 2014. In
addition, agreement for the Thermal Power Plant No.5 will be established within
this month and soon to start the project. Meanwhile, other big projects such as
Umnugovi and Egiin Gol power plants are being implemented, as 2014 is announced
as the year of development in the energy sector”.
In the scope of
expanding the Thermal Power Plant III by 50 MW, it enables to increase the
central region energy network capacity by 50 MW, to increase Ulaanbaatar energy
and heat system by 100 Gcal/hour, besides production volume would rise up to
250-300 million kW/hours and sales revenue to increase by over 30 billion MNT
per year. The “Thermal Power Plant III” project to cover its cost within 6
years and then to start operating beneficial.
Int’l conference for UB Dialogue launches
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) An international conference of the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on
Northeast Asian security kicked off Tuesday in Ulaanbaatar.
This is the
first international conference held within the Mongolian President’s initiative
on Ulaanbaatar Dialogue for Northeast Asian security. It has brought together
scholars majoring in Northeast Asian security from nine countries. Four penal
meetings have attracted representatives of Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea,
China, Russia, Japan, the USA, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
A member of the
policy council at the Institute of Strategic Studies M.Batchimeg MP addressed
the conference’s opening. The participants shared views on security risks in
Northeast Asia, economic and infrastructure cooperation and fortifying the
regional trust.
"Mongolia
has friendly ties with all countries of Northeast Asia, so it is considered
that Mongolia is fully possible to contribute tackling the region's urgent
problems in security matters through talks," Batchimeg said, adding that
the conference will run regularly.
Khan Bank opens business center in Darkhan city
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) The Khan Bank’s website on Monday reported that it opened a
new business center in Darkhan city.
The opening
ceremony was attended by officials of Khan Bank and Darkhan city, as well as by
customers and locals.
The center,
designed in the late modern style, has a dedicated E-corner to bring better
banking services to its customers, enabling them to receive banking services
through Internet bank, make transfers to other banks as well as within Khan
Bank, check account balances and change passwords.
The bank
continues to invest in new branches and up-scaling to deliver easy and
convenient banking services to its customers and, as part of this effort, a
total of 21 sub-branches have been relocated to new premises, with the Darkhan
Business Centre being just one example.
As E-banking is
the primary service that allows customer to manage their financial needs
online, the Business Center established the E-corner to allow Darkhan residents
to use E-Banking services in their daily life, the website says.
Stock exchange news for June 17
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Tuesday, a total of 6,746
shares of 15 JSCs were traded costing MNT five million 541 thousand and 763.00.
"Khokh
gan” /5,000 units/, "APU" /854 units/, "Genco tour bureau” /669
units/, "Baganuur" /105 units/ and "Tavantolgoi” /25 units/ were
the most actively traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading
value--"APU” (MNT three million 098 thousand and 890), "Bayangol
hotel" (MNT 624 thousand), "Khokh gan” (MNT 550 thousand),
"UB-BUK” (MNT 440 thousand) and "Baganuur” (MNT 366 thousand and
750).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 533 billion 999 million 531
thousand and 177. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 15,165.69, decreasing by MNT
44.69 or 0.29% against the previous day.
American Corner Uses Movies and Music to Celebrate LGBT Pride Month
June 7 (US
Embassy) “Rainbow Music Day” was held for LGBT Pride Month on June 7 at the
program room of the American Cultural and Information Center. The event
was organized by the American Cultural and Information Center jointly with
Mongolian LGBT Human Right Center, and it included 38 people who are activists,
promoters, and facilitators to LGBT people rights in Mongolia.
The event
started with LGBT Center’s informational video. Mr. Batzorig, Youth
Program Manager of the Center, gave an opening speech and talked about upcoming
events for LGBT Pride Month. The American Corner staff showed American
gay rights activist Andrew Solomon’s TED Talk titled “Forge Meaning, Build
Identity.” The event showcased young folk rock acoustic band Socrates,
who told their story about how they became LGBT allies. Guest artist Mr.
Clifton Hurt performed John Legend songs. Batzorig closed the event
recognizing the American Corner and the U.S. Embassy, and he encouraged people
to talk more about LGBT rights in Mongolia.
The American
Corner has also tailored standard events taking place in June to promote LGBT
rights and awareness, in honor of LGBT month. On June 4, the American
Corner screened “Philadelphia” for Movie Night, and at the screening
distributed information about our special programs taking place for the month
of June, including the opening of the Rainbow corner to take place later in the
month.
“Internom” bookstore names bestsellers
Ulaanbaatar,
June 17 (MONTSAME) One of the biggest bookshops in Mongolia, the “Internom” on
Tuesday announced the bestsellers of the last week.
The
"Sorghaghtani" historical roman by B.Sarantuya, which tells about a
heroic story of Sorghaghtani Beki Queen, topped the list of the bestsellers. It
was followed by the "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, and the "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by a Swedish Stieg
Larsson.
Other
bestsellers are "Go for growth" by Sheryl Sandberg, "Green-eyed
monk" by Ts.Oyungerel, "The Man Who Laughs" by Victor Hugo,
"Japan-Mongolia, Mongolia-Japan concise dictionary" by G.Buaynjargal,
"Friendship" series gift book by Helen Exley, a second volume of the
"The Girl Who Played with Fire" by Stieg Larsson, and "Textbook
for photographers" by K.Gatkum.
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