Mongolia Brief September 15, 2014 Part II
Statistics
on Air and Climate
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 15 (MONTSAME) The highest precipitation of 89.8 mm was recorded in
Tsetserleg soum of Khovsgol aimag this August, according to the Institute of
Meteorology and Hydrology.
Erdene soum of
Dornogobi aimag had the highest air temperature (+37°C), while Bayantes soum of
Zavkhan aimag had the lowest (-5°C). Wind speed reached 26.0 m/sec in
Baruun-Urt soum of Sukhbaatar aimag.
For the
acceptable level of air quality standards in August, a daily average
concentration of nitrogen dioxide exceeded 15 times around the West crossroad,
6 times around the 13th micro district, 2 times around the 32nd Toirog.
The particulate
matter less than 10 micrograms exceeded 14 times around the 13th micro
district, 12 times around the Kharkhorin market, 6 times around the West
crossroad from the maximum allowable concentration of air quality standard in
August.
Disasters
in Figures
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 15 (MONTSAME) As of this August, 3,093 disasters and accidents
occurred this year. As a result, 140 people died, 14,592 livestock and animals
were lost.
Among the
natural disasters and accidents reported in the first 8 months of this year,
2,640 were construction fires, 132 forest fires, 109 cases of domestic animal
rabies, 73 floods and river and lake accidents, 32 floods, 28 cases of 3.5
magnitude earthquakes. The fires caused 8.1 billion Togrog damage, fire
forests--of 1.4 billion, heavy rains and floods--of 755.4 million ans so
on. A sum of 496.2 million was spent on removing the disasters and
accidents' consequences.
In the same
period, 83 people died from drowning in rivers and lakes, 43 in the
construction fires, four from thunder, three in forest fires and artisanal
mining and rock falls, two in heavy rains, floods and severe storms. The
occurrences of the natural disasters and accidents decreased by 139 against the
previous year.
Crimes
Increase
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 15 (MONTSAME) At the national level, some 17 thous. crimes were
registered in the first eight months of this year, increasing by 787 crimes or
4.7 percent against the same period of the previous year.
This increase
was largely attributable to the rises in crimes such as crimes against the
right of ownership (512) and infliction of body injuries (464). In the crimes,
6,881 people were injured, 722 died. The number of the injured reached 856 or
14.2 percent, increasing by 24 people or 3.4 percent against the previous year.
"Five
Thousand Balls” Project Launches
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 15 (MONTSAME) A ceremony took place Sunday to launch the "5,000
balls" project initiated by the President Ts.Elbegdorj.
In its frames,
five thousand soccer balls together with textbooks about football will be
delivered to some 800 secondary schools across the country. At the ceremony,
the official partner of the Mongolian Football Federation (MFF)--the “MCS Coca
Cola” company--gave the gifts to children at the Central Stadium, after which
young footballers showed a demo game.
Present at the
ceremony were also L.Gantomor, the Minister of Education and Science;
A.Ganbaatar, an advisor to the President and vice president of the MFF;
B.Ganbold, the MFF president; Urs Zanitti, an executive director of the Project
on Asian Football Development; Stephen Sonderman, a director of the “One
World--Football” project for Asian region; and John Hibbert, a spokesman of the
World Vision International Organization in Mongolia.
Mongolia
Finishes 2014 Fila Wrestling World Championships with 1 Gold and 3 Bronze
Medals
September 15
(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 successfully ended at “Gymnastics Palace” in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan on September 14, 2014.
Mongolian
National Team participated with its 16 athletes both 8 wrestlers in the Men’s
and Women’s categories and on the Day 2, E.Nyam-Ochir, Men’s 61 kg and
G.Mandakhnaran, Men’s 65 kg, have won Bronze medals.
As of Women’s
Team, our female wrestlers grabbed a Gold by S.Tserenchimed, 60 kg and a Bronze
by O.Burmaa, 75 kg.
The World
Champion title by 19 years old age S.Tserenchimed is the fifth Gold medal in
Mongolian freestyle wrestling history.
Before,
Mongolia won its first and second Gold medals by Zeveg OIDOV, Men’s 62 kg, in
Istanbul, Turkey in 1974 and in Minsk, USSR in 1975; by Khorloo BAYANMUNKH,
Men’s 100 kg, in Minsk, USSR in 1975; and Soronzonbold BATTSETSEG, Women’s 59
kg, in Moscow, Russia in 2010.
Mongolian Men’s
and Women’s teams both achieved sixth places respectively, thus accredited to
compete in the Teams competitions at the 2015 FILA Wrestling World Cup.
Related:
About
Participation in FILA Wrestling World Championship – Montsame, September 15
Mongolia
to issue mining exploration licenses
September 15
(news.mn) Mongolia has announced that it will issue mining exploration licenses
starting September 24th. The news was announced during a press conference held
by Mining Minister D.Gankhuyag and Chairman of the Mineral Resources Authority
of Mongolia D. Uurintuya on September 15th. Officials say that the exploration
and mining license issuing process has become completely regulated and will
licenses will be issued on a scientific basis, not like the previous process.
Application
numbers for licenses will be available online in order to provide more
transparency in the procedure.
The move comes
after Mongolian parliament passed amendments to the Minerals Law, which lifted
a ban on the issuing and processing of new licenses, on July 1st.
Under the
amendments, areas that can be granted under exploration licenses will be
determined and publicly reported based on the suggestions from the National
Geology Office.
Mining Ministry
officials hope that this will create the opportunity to conduct step-by-step
surveys and analysis of Mongolia’s mineral resources, maintain a thorough
database and national registry of mineral resources, increase economic growth
and competitiveness, and attract more investment.
It is estimated
that the areas that qualify for exploration licenses cover 19.88 percent of the
nation's territory, or 31.09 million hectares.
Related:
Exploration
Licenses to Be Issued – Montsame,
September 15
Mongolia-China
Youth Experience Exchange Program underway
September 15
(news.mn) As part of intergovernmental cooperation between Mongolia and China,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia is launching its third year
of a Mongolia-China youth exchange program in politics, business, society,
culture and sports, in collaboration with the Mongolian Youth Federation.
For the
Mongolia-China Youth Experience Exchange Program, 60 youth from China are
visiting Mongolia from September 10-16th.
The Chinese
youth participating in the program are delegates from China's government, the
All-China Youth Federation, and China's young leaders in politics, business, society,
art, culture, and sports.
As part of the
program, the Mongolia-China Youth Business Conference was organized at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia on September 12th. Youth from both
countries exchanged views on their nations' business environment, seeking
opportunities for cooperation, and held an open discussion for sharing their
experience.
Talented,
successful young people with businesses in construction, real estate, railway,
roads, travel, IT, energy, education, and agriculture in China came together
with young Mongolian entrepreneurs in construction, roads, transport, banking
and finance.
This is the
first time the Mongolia-China Youth Business Conference has been held, and it
is expected to be organized in a wider range next year.
Russia
hints Mongolia’s joining to SCO as China backs up with financial measures
By Amarsanaa
September 15
(business-mongolia.com) Last Thursday (September 11), during the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation Meeting, the Russian President Vladimir Putin called
for Russia, China and Mongolia to increase trilateral contacts and cooperate on
joint projects in infrastructure, mining, and energy, which is codenamed in
Mongolia as “Talyn Zam” or “Steppe Infrastructure” (in English.)
Specifically,
Putin said: “The natural geographic proximity of Mongolia, Russia and
China makes it possible for us to implement good long-term projects in
infrastructure, the power sector and the mining industry. We have what to
discuss with each other. Naturally, we deem it important, expedient and useful
to start a permanent dialogue.”
The origin of
the idea for a Russia-China-Mongolia trilateral cooperation on “Talyn Zam” is
elaborated during the preparation the Chinese Chairman’s visit to Mongolia in
August 2014, when the Mongolian side actively working on the negotiation.
Sources could say that Minister Batbayar is masterminded the idea, because of
his lead the team of the preparation for the visit. The idea was enriched by
the Chinese side and later with Russians, which has a little passive reaction
over the initiative. However, the Russian President promised to continue the
dialogue in the future, namely until the 70th anniversary of Russia’s victory
in the Second World War next year, where Xi and Elbegdorj are both invited.
Even the Russian side invited the Mongolian armed force to take part in the
military parade.
The whole idea
was coincides with the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, proposed by Xi
during his visit to Central Asia last year, eyes a revival of the ancient trade
route linking China with Central Asia and Europe.
The three
countries, Xi pointed out, can dovetail the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative
with Russia’s transcontinental rail plan and Mongolia’s Prairie Road program,
and jointly build a China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor (Talyn Zam).
On building the
corridor, Xi called on the three sides to strengthen traffic interconnectivity,
facilitate cargo clearance and transportation, and study the feasibility of
building a transnational power grid.
As part of the
initiative, Xi also suggested that the three countries beef up cooperation in
such areas as tourism, think tank, media, environmental protection, and
disaster prevention and relief.
The three
countries should deepen cooperation within the framework of the SCO, jointly
safeguard regional security, and achieve common development, said the Chinese
leader.
Founded in
Shanghai in 2001, the SCO groups China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
China’s Silk
Road Economic Belt initiative offers important opportunities for trilateral
cooperation, the Russian president said, calling on the three sides to combine
their development plans and establish a long-term and stable cooperative
relationship in the areas of energy, mining and transportation infrastructure
construction.
As the Russian
official suggested that SCO is expected to consider Mongolia as the next member
of the organization, which is set to become a transport hub.
“We hope that
the SCO will consider the issue of accepting new member states, including
Mongolia. New members will receive aid to develop security,” Feng Noyzun said
at the International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya press conference.
“We will seek
more innovative ways of collaboration. China, Russia and Kazakhstan have
reached a lot of mutual understanding in Central Asia, the oil and gas
pipelines are just the start of the partnership,” he said.
“For Mongolia,
we need to see how it can become a transport hub in SCO, and how it could offer
a new model of cooperation,” the Chinese expert added.
Chen Yu Zhu,
who also heads the international relations institute, said expanding the SCO is
important as it will lead to stronger influence of the organization on the
international arena.
Andrei
Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, said:
“Mongolia’s membership is a prospect. Mongolia has its own keys to North Korea.
So the SCO is not a war or economic bloc, but a more flexible, more functional
organization. And that is why the Mongolian case is needed.”
The Chinese
experts participated in the video link-up between Moscow and Beijing organized
by the International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya press center ahead of
the SCO summit to be held in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe on September 11-12.
SCO is a
Eurasian political, economic and military organization founded in 2001 in
Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan,
and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan are currently
observer members.
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