Mongolia Brief September 22, 2014 Part I
Mongolia
at 35th General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 22 (MONTSAME) Parliamentarians Ts.Tsomon and J.Batzandan took part in
the 35th General Assembly of the ASEAN's Inter-parliamentary Assembly on September
15-19 in Vientiane, Laos.
Mongolia was
invited by Ms Pany Yathotou, a president of the National Assembly of Laos. The
Mongolian MPs met with Ms Yathotou to give her a letter from Z.Enkhbold, the
Chairman of the State Great Khural (parliament), and thank for inviting to this
assembly. They also expressed a willingness of Mongolia to become an observer
of the AIPA General Assembly.
In response, Ms
Yathotou said she will convey this request to Malaysia, who will receive the
AIPA presidency.
After this, our
delegation met with Mr Ronald Kiandee, a Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and Mr Giorgidi B.Aggabao, a Deputy Speaker of the Philippines
House of Representatives, to tell them that Mongolia wants to become the
observer of the AIPA General Assembly and to share views on the bilateral
inter-parliamentary cooperation.
Other meetings
were held with representatives of the ASEAN, Russia and Myanmar.
Japanese
Honored for Contribution to Mongolia-Japan Relations
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 22 (MONTSAME) On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of cultural
ties between Mongolia and Japan, several Japanese have been given Mongolia's
high awards.
On September
19, the Mongolian Embassy to Japan awarded them by a decree of the President
Ts.Elbegdorj. The "Polar Star" order went to minister of health and
labor Ya.Shiozaki, a chairman of parliamentary group to promote
Mongolia-Japan’s relations M.Hayashi, an advisor and head of general council
T.Nikai, the Foreign Minister Sh.Sugiyama, a head of “Shitsuke no Kai”
community N.Ito, a former minister of foreign affairs R.Kato, a head of “AMDA”
NGO Sh.Suganami, an advisor to the “Public Diplomat’s Community” P.Gyalpo, a
head of “Miyagi-Friendship with Mongolia” community T.Kanno, and a to a head of
“Blue Sky” friendship community Sh.Uchida.
The
"Friendship" medals were bestowed upon Sh.Amemiya, a director of
“AsiaTech” Co.Ltd, K.Maruoka, an officer of “Toshiba Solutions” corporation,
and T.Kunikumo, an advisor to the scholarship programme of Asahi newspaper.
Z.Bayanselenge
MP Meets AFPPD and IPPF High Officials
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 22 (MONTSAME) A member of the State Great Khural (parliament)
Z.Bayanselenge received last Friday Mr John Hyde, a deputy director of the
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD); Ms Nora
Murat, a Regional Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
(IPPF) for East and South East Asia and Oceania Regional Office; and Ms Gessen
C.Rocas, IPPF director for public relations and cooperation.
Ms Bayanselenge
noted that she is satisfied with a upcoming participation of women MPs in the
“Beijing+20” international forum which will run Bangkok of Thailand, and said
Mongolia wants to strengthen the ties and cooperation with the above
organizations in population development, family planning and national
development issues.
She also
pointed out that the unofficial group of women MPs and the National Committee
of Gender co-organized a consultation themed “Process of summarizing
Beijing+20: Sexual and reproductive rights and health”, and noted that this
consultation released a report on the Mongolian population development to be
presented at the forthcoming international forum.
Ms Murat said
she leaned about a "sharp increase in adolescent pregnancy rate in
Mongolia, mentioned in the report", and emphasized that it is vital to
focus the cooperation on this matter.
AFPPD is ready
to give assistance to Mongolia, said Mr Hyde and shared views with the MP on
further collaboration and offered several proposals.
"Feasibility
Studies Must Be Renovated"
By N. Khaliun
Ulaanbaatar, September
22 (MONTSAME) At the cabinet meeting on Thurday, the Minister of Roads and
Transportation A.Gansukh said the feasibility study project on construction of
a second (parallel) railway line of Ulaanbaatar Railway (UBZD) "do not fit
the current state and development trends of transport and logistics network,
they must be profoundly updated".
The feasibility
studies were developed in 2006-2007 by the Chinese first Institute for the
study and design of Railways. The cabinet decided to urgently start the
renovation of the feasibility studies.
As known, the
agreement on outlining a strategic partnership for the modernization and
development of Ulaanbaatar Railway (UBZD) was signed between the Ministry of
Roads and Transport of Mongolia and the Russian Railways on this September 3
during the working visit of the Russian President Putin to Mongolia. The
parties agreed to build electrified parallel branches in
Sukhbaatar--Sainshand--Zamiin-Uud direction with a capacity of 100 million tons
of cargo. The main goal of the agreement is the strategic development of JSC
"UBZD" to ensure growth in the export and transit of goods and to
strengthen its role in the Eurasian transport and logistics system. The
agreement also reflects the interest of parties to work with China to build up
traffic from Russia to China in the opposite direction using UBZD, which
includes the development of competitive tariffs and technological conditions
for such shipments.
President
of Mongolia Attends 69th Session of UN General Assembly
September 22
(infomongolia.com) On September 20, 2014, President of Mongolia Tsakhia
ELBEGDORJ left the country to attend the 69th session of the UN General
Assembly (UNGA) taking place in New York, United States.
During the
session, the Mongolian leader will participate in the Climate Summit, 29th
session on Population and Development, high-level plenary meeting on Indigenous
Peoples and other international meeting and events. Furthermore, the President
of Mongolia plans to hold bilateral meetings with heads of state and
international organizations.
On September
19, the General Assembly adopted the work programme and agenda for its 69th
session, which contained 172 items, and endorsed the recommendation that UNGA
General Debate would be held on September 24-27 and from September 29 to
October 01, 2014.
Among the
topics to be considered in the current Assembly session were several new ones,
including: follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference
on Population and Development; no placement of weapons in outer space;
cooperation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent
States; and the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It was
also decided that items on observer status for the Developing Eight Countries
Organization
for Economic
Cooperation and for the Pacific Community would be included in the work
programme.
Related:
President attends the 69th
Session of the UN General Assembly – news.mn,
September 22
2014
Incheon Asian Games: Mongolia Wins 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze Medals after Day
2
September 22
(infomongolia.com) From September 19 to October 04, 2014, the XVII Asian Games
- Incheon 2014 a multi-sport event is being celebrated in Incheon, South Korea
that features 439 events in 36 sports categories.
The Republic of
Korea hosts the Asian Games for its third time after Seoul in 1986 and Busan in
2002 and in the 2014 Asian Games 9,501 athletes from 45 nations are
participating, where Opening and Closing ceremonies are being organized in the
Incheon Asiad Main Stadium.
Mongolia has
been participating with its 231 athletes for 23 events and as of September
21st, Mongolian National Team achieved a total of two Gold, two Silver and four
Bronze medals.
On the first
day of the Games, September 20th, Mongolia won its first medal - Bronze by the
Team of Women’s Shooting in the 10m Air Pistol Women's Team competed by Hero of
Labor, Merit Athlete O.Gundegmaa, IMS Ts.Munkhzul and IMS T.Bayartsetseg. In
this category, Mongolian Women's Team scored 1140 pts out of 14 countries,
where nations of China (1146) and Chinese Taipei (1141) took the first two
places.
On the same
day, Mongolian Judo Team has competed in the four weight classifications -
Men’s 60 and 66 kg, Women’s 48 and 52 kg, whereas in the Men’s 60 kg, Ganbat
BOLDBAATAR, who become the 2014 World Judo Champion in the recent championship
took place in Russia, was defeated to Kazakhstani judoka Metov Yeldos in the
Gold medal contest by ippon and placed second winning a Silver medal.
As of Men’s 66
kg, Davaaadorj TUMURKHULEG won over all his opponents winning the first Gold
medal for Mongolian team and the second Gold was achieved by Merit Athlete
Munkhbat URANTSETSEG in the Women’s 48 kg.
On September
21st judo event, the second Silver medal of Mongolian Team was achieved by
Ganbaatar ODBAYAR, Men's 73 kg, who lost in the Gold medal contest to Japanese
wrestler Akimoto Hiroyuki by 1 yuko point.
Moreover,
Nyamsuren DAGVASUREN won Bronze medal in the Men’s 81 kg as well as Tsend-Ayush
NARANJARGAL, Women’s 70 kg and Dorjsuren SUMIYA, Women’s 57 kg have grabbed
Bronze medals.
Consequently,
Mongolian National Team with 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals stands at the
4th place after South Korea (12+10+9), China (12+9+11) and Japan (2+2+4) as of
September 21, 2014.
Related:
Mongolia
Goes 4th at Asian Games – Montsame,
September 22
Mongolia is in fourth place
for Asian Games medal table – news.mn,
September 22
Shooters
Win First Medal at Asian Games
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 22 (MONTSAME) At the Incheon-2014 Asian Games in South Korea, our
national women team for shooting grabbed a bronze medal in the 10 m air pistol
team event last Saturday.
The team who
has won the very first medal in the Asian Games consist of O.Gundegmaa, a State
Honored Sportswoman; Ts.Monkhzul and T.Bayartsetseg IMSs. They followed China
and Chinese Taipei. By the individual results, O.Gundegmaa at 8th place in the
event, Ts.Monkhzul--at 9th and T.Bayartsetseg--at 15th.
On Monday,
O.Gundegmaa won a bronze medal in the 25 m pistol contest, beating a South
Korean shooter.
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