Mongolia Brief September 10, 2014 Part I
Open-door
meeting for foreigners to run
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 10 (MONTSAME) An open-door meeting will run to give residing here
foreigners all the information and advice about visa and residency
authorization, personal letter of invitation, residency license September 13 at
the Ministry of Justice.
According to
Authority for Citizenship and Migration, a total of 45,068 foreigners and
entities from 116 countries are residing in Mongolia in purposes of work,
investment, study, and family matters, with valid permissions from related
state authorities.
Most of them
are employees with permissions of non-residency, to work in road and bridge
building and civil construction. They are 26,053 Chinese, 2,759 Russian, 2,948
S.Koreans, 2,676 from the USA, and 2,647 from North Korea.
The
Ministry signs memorandum of cooperation with IIB
By N. Khaliun
Ulaanbaatar,
September 10 (MONTSAME) The Ministry of Economic Development of Mongolia signed
the memorandum of cooperation with the International Investment Bank (IIB) on
Monday.
The document
was inked by N.Batbayar, the Minister of Economic Development, and by the
Chairman of the Board of the International Investment Bank Nikolay Kosov. The
parties intend to strengthen their cooperation in investing here projects and
programs, supporting small and medium enterprises and also programs that aim to
boost a partnership between the public and private sectors.
IIB will invest to a creation of industrial complex in order to support the agricultural sector of our country.
IIB will invest to a creation of industrial complex in order to support the agricultural sector of our country.
International
Investment Bank is a multilateral institution for development, which assists in
social and economic development, growth of people's well-being, and economic
cooperation of the member-states.
The main
directions of its activities are the support of the small and medium-sized
business as well as participation in financing socially significant
infrastructure projects.
The Bank grants
loans primarily through the leading national financial institutions with the
participation of the state, development banks, export and import banks and
agencies; or it lends in partnership with other international institutions for
development.
The Bank was
founded and functions on the basis of the intergovernmental Agreement stating
the foundation of the International Investment Bank and its Statutes. The
Agreement was signed by the member-states of the Bank on June 10 1970, and it
was registered in the Secretariat of the United Nations Organization under the
number 11417.
The Council of
the Bank is the highest body of the Bank's administration. The Council consists
of the representatives of IIB's member-states. The Board is the executive organ
of the Bank, the members of which are appointed by the Council.Audit of the
activities of the Bank is carried out by the Audit Commission, which consists
of the representatives of IIB's member-states who are appointed by the Council.
The Bank is an
international intergovernmental organization, which presupposes its tax-free
status, specific conditions of banking regulation as well as the support of the
government bodies of the member-states.
The bank is
headquartered in Russian Moscow.
Political
Repression Remembrance Day
Today Mongolia
is remembering its history of political repression. According to a law passed by
the State Great Khural in 1998, September 10th is national remembrance day to
commemorate the thousands of victims of political repression in Mongolia during
the Stalinist era from 1937-1939.
The State
Redressing Commission reports estimate that 36,000 people were repressed
between 1922-1990, and 30,000 of those who were defamed have been redressed.
In 1998, the
Mongolian Parliament (State Great Khural) passed a law on the rehabilitation
and granting of compensation to victims of political repression. So far 17,584
people, the victims of political repression and their descendants, have been
compensated 16 billion 326 million MNT.
The Government
of Mongolia has conducted three phases of the redress process for victims of
repression from 1920-1960.
In the scope of
the remembrance day, victims' children, grandchildren and relatives will show
respect by placing flowers on the Memorial for the Victims of Political
Repression today, September 10th.
There will also
be a research conference on the “Riot in 1932” and meetings with victims.
Related:
Wreaths
laid to Monument of the repressed – Montsame,
September 10
“Peace”
marathon reaches Darkhan-Uul province
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 10 (MONTSAME) The world-wide marathon for Peace, which started April
11 this year from the UN Headquarters in New-York city, reached Darkhan-Uul
aimag on Tuesday.
The
international marathon for peace, aimed at consolidating friendship and
understandings between nations, is to cross 140 countries and over 49 thousand
kilometers. After travelling 19 thousand kilometers through the USA, Canada and
Mexico, the marathon torch is crossing Mongolia these days. The above aimag's
authority for Culture, Sports and Tourism, together with the local athletes,
have joined the marathon.
Mongolians
grab first medals in FILA World Championship
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 10 (MONTSAME) Wrestlers of the national selected team have captured
medals in the FILA Wrestling World Championship which kicked off Monday in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
On the second
day of the events, a State Honored Sportsman G.Mandakhnaran won a bronze medal
in the men’s 65 kg division of free-style contest, thus becoming a twice
medalist of the World Championships. In the first two rounds, he defeated
Ukrainian and Armenian opponents, then was beaten by a Russian Ramonov, who
became the champion in this bout. In the repechage round, he beat his rivals
from Puerto Rico and Belarus.
Another
Mongolian E.Nyam-Ochir also won a bronze medal in the men’s 74 kg division,
beating the opponents at the repechage.
By the team
results in the men’s freestyle tournament, our national team has become sixth
with 29 points. The Russians have the tournament with five gold and one bronze
medals and 62 points.
Women wrestlers
will compete on Wednesday.
Bestseller
books named by Internom
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 10 (MONTSAME) The “Internom” bookstore Wednesday named these books
sold September 1-7. As it was the first week of a new academic year, the
best sold were school textbooks but they were not included in the bestsellers.
The top became
the Oxford’s /Monsudar/ English-Mongolian pocket and regular dictionaries. They
were followed by V.Ichinnorov’s “Guide to Success” and Murakami Hariku’s
“1Q84”. Other bestsellers were “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” by
Sheryl Sandberg; “Sorkhugtani”, a historic novel by B.Sarantuya; “The Magic”, a
third volume of “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne; “Green-eyed Monk” by Ts.Oyungerel
and Jeffrey L.Falt; and “The Constitution of Mongolia”.
President
will attend UNGA 69th Session
September 10
(news.mn) President Ts.Elbegdorj will attend at the 2014 SCO summit in
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on September 11-12th. During the 2014 SCO summit,
President Ts.Elbegdorj will have a three-party meeting, along with Russian
President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping.
Following the
2014 SCO summit, President Ts.Elbegdorj will head to New York to attend the
69th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 16th. The main subject of
the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly will be the post-2015 development
agenda. Global hot topics such as Ukraine's crisis, the conflict in Gaza, and
issues of Iraq and Syria will be on agenda.
President
Ts.Elbegdorj plans for active involvement in the session. The President of
Mongolia gave a speech at a high level political meeting during the 68th UN
General Assembly on sustainable development.
Mongolian
Men’s Team Finishes 2014 FILA Wrestling World
Championships
with Two Bronze Medals
September 10
(infomongolia.com) The 2014 FILA Wrestling World Championships in the Men's
Greco-Roman Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Wrestling and Women's Freestyle
Wrestling tournaments are taking place at “Gymnastics Palace” in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan on September 08-14, 2014.
On the first
day, Mongolia’s four wrestlers competed in the Men’s 57, 70, 86, and 125 kg,
and E.Bekhbayar, 57 kg, finished the Men's Freestyle Wrestling competition standing
at the 5th place and the second achievement of the Day 1 was the 7th place by
J.Chuluunbat in the Men’s 125 kg.
On the Day 2,
E.Nyam-Ochir (61kg), G.Mandakhnaran (65kg), P.Unurbat (74kg) and D.Khuderbulga
(97kg) have competed, where E.Nyam-Ochir and G.Mandakhnaran both grabbed Bronze
medals.
So, Mongolian
National Team in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling finished the tournament with two
Bronze medals, 5th and 7th places and stood in overall ranking at
the 6th place that enables to compete in the Team Competition in the next
year’s championship. Last year, Mongolian Men’s Team could not stood in the
first six place, thus this year have competed only in the individual contests.
From September
11, the Women’s Freestyle Wrestling tournaments will be started and 8 Mongolian
female wrestlers will be competing.
Final results for Men’s 57 kg
1. YANG Kyong
Il (DPRK)
2.
KHINCHEGASHVILI Vladimer (GEO)
3. ANDREYEU
Uladzislau (BLR)
3. RAHIMI
Hassan Sabzali (IRI)
5. Erdenebat
BEKHBAYAR (MGL)
Final results for Men’s 125 kg
1. AKGUL Taha
(TUR)
2. GHASEMI
Komil (IRI)
3. GATCALOV
Khadzhimurat (RUS)
3. DLAGNEV
TervelIvaylov (USA)
7.
Jargalsaikhan CHULUUNBAT (MGL)
Final results for Men’s 61 kg
1. ALIYEV Haji
(AZE)
2.
ESMAEILPOORJOUYBARI Masoud (IRI)
3. Enkhsaikhan
NYAM-OCHIR (MGL)
3. BONNE Yowlys
(CUB)
Final results for Men’s 65 kg
1. RAMONOV
Soslan (RUS)
2. MOHAMMADI
Seyed Ahmad (IRI)
3. Ganzorig
MANDAKHNARAN (MGL)
3. SAVA Mihail
(MDA)
Team Standings:
1. RUS: 62 (5
Gold)
2. IRI: 45
3. TUR: 41 (1)
4. AZE: 36 (1)
5. CUB: 31
6. MGL: 29
7. BLR: 28
8. GEO: 23
9. UKR: 20
9. USA: 20
Related:
E.Nyam-Ochir
and G.Mandakhnaran win bronze – news.mn,
September 10
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