Mongolia Brief September 23, 2014 Part I
Int’l
Atomic Energy Conference Begins
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) Mongolia's delegation led by N.Tegshbayar, a head of
Mongolia’s Nuclear Energy Authority (NEA), is taking part in the 58th
international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna of
Austria.
The measure
started September 22. Our delegates have also met with officials from the US
Department of Energy.
Mongolia, who
became a member of IAEA in 1973, together with the gathered is to ratify annual
programme of activities and the budget. Vanuatu, Guyana, Djibouti, and Comoros
declared memberships in the agency in the beginning of the conference,
increasing a membership to 166.
A
Director-General of IAEA Yukiya Amano noted in his opening speech that these
days the countries of the world are discussing their development goals after
2015, and said the nuclear science and technology are of great importance in
satisfying the development goals, especially in health, agriculture, water
management, industry and power sectors. However, this importance must be
acknowledged by a public, he stressed.
According to
Mr. Amano, there are 437 atomic reactors operating in 30 countries, seven new
are being constructed, mostly in Asia. The nuclear power reactors provide 11
percent of the total need of the world electricity.
He also stated
that the provision of safety in nuclear energy sector has become an urgent
issue. The Agency has been cooperating with the member-countries on the issue,
and has trained over 3,000 specialists for nuclear energy safety by 2013.
On the matter
of nuclear energy safety, a summit will be held in 2016 to discuss the
achievements, setting up the main guidelines of further activities.
The
participants from the member countries namely the USA, the PRC, Russian
Federarion, European Union, Austria, Kazakhstan, the Republic of South Africa,
Japan, and France have given speeches, commonly agreeing to the necessity to
provide safety, and assured their readiness to cooperate. The members have
appealed for the united efforts in non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Autumn
Session Opens Soon
By N. Khaliun
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) The opening of the Autumn session of parliament will be
held on this October 3. Its agenda will include 340 bills.
Seven of them
will come from the President, 102--from political parties and coalitions,
55--from members of parliament, and 142--from the government.
“Production
of Egg Doubled, Chicken and Fodder Import Declined”
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) The production of egg increased twice in the last two
years, an import of chicken and fodder declined 40% thanks to a policy the
cabinet for reforms maintain to support the poultry husbandry.
It was said by
the State Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture Kh.Zoljargal at
the “Hours of great construction” weekly meeting on Monday.
He went on
that, in frames of a programme on stabilizing the prices of consumer goods,
soft loans of MNT 8.6 billion have been given to four companies of egg and
chicken productions, and loans of MNT 160 million have been given to 11
enterprisers from reserves of the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture. Now
some 20 companies have possessed 550 thousand laying hens nationwide, and the
“Tumen shuvuut” and “NVTs” companies have reached international standards,
Zoljargal noted.
The Mongolians
consume some 170 million eggs a year, three years ago a majority of eggs used
to be imported, nowadays, this import went down by 40%, he said.
“One person
consumes 50 eggs a year, which is lower than that of developed countries, so we
need to augment the egg production so as to reach 370 million per year. We will
not need to import eggs when the ‘NVTs’ and newly founded ‘Bayan shuvuu’
companies will work with a full potential by 2018,” he said.
The Ministry
also says that measures will be taken to improve hygiene and to expand a
free-of-charge vaccination.
Mongolia
to Establish Diplomatic Relations with Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
September 23
(infomongolia.com) Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Mr. Luvsanvandan
BOLD who is participating in the 69th session of UN General Assembly, had a meeting
with Foreign Ministers of member states of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) in
New York on September 22, 2014.
Addressing the
meeting, Minister L.Bold said Mongolia attaches a particular importance to the
human development and education issues and in this light it has initiated UN
Literacy Decade. Moreover, the Government of Mongolia plans to host a workshop
of education sector specialists of ACD member states in 2015. The meeting has
decided to issue Riyadh Declaration on Cooperation in the Educational Sector at
the 13th ACD Ministerial Meeting to be hosted in Saudi Arabia on November 25,
2014.
Meeting with the Cuban Foreign Minister
On September
22, 2014, Minister L.Bold held a meeting with his Cuban counterpart Mr. Bruno
Rodriguez Parrilla to share views on issues concerning bilateral relations and
multilateral cooperation.
The Mongolian
Foreign Minister said Mongolia has been paying a particular importance to the
relations developed with Cuba and, therefore, is interested in forwarding the
traditional friendly ties, especially, in the fields of education, sports,
health and agriculture. Top and high-level visits play a crucial role in
stimulating bilateral relations and defining directions of bilateral
collaboration. Here, Minister L.Bold handed over an invitation of the President
of Mongolia for President of Cuba, Mr. Raul Castro to visit Mongolia in order
to launch bilateral top and high-level talks.
The sides
agreed on seeking together ways of enriching the Mongolia-Cuba cooperation with
a new content and touched upon issues on maintaining a constructive cooperation
within international organizations including UN and provide mutual support.
Meeting with the Foreign Minister of
Trinidad and Tobago
Minister L.Bold
met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago, Winston Dookeran in New York on September 22, 2014.
The parties
talked about the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and
Trinidad and Tobago and agreed on exploring possibilities for bilateral
cooperation on international fora.
Minister L.Bold
requested Trinidad and Tobago to support Mongolia’s candidature in UN Human
Rights Council in 2015. Mr. Winston Dookeran, in turn, stated on accepting the
request and said Trinidad and Tobago will work on getting support from member
states of Association of Caribbean States with the headquarters in that
country. He also invited his Mongolian counterpart to visit Trinidad and
Tobago, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia.
Related:
FM
Meets His Counterpart from Trinidad Tobago – Montsame, September 23, 2014
OWL
Telescope Installed at Tavantolgoi
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) An OWL (Overwhelmingly Large) telescope is being
installed September 23 at the Tavantolgoi Earthquake Station, 55km to the west
from Ulaanbaatar. The telescope is to trace satellites and floating cosmic
wastes and to estimate collision threats.
The
installation ceremony ran Tuesday in a scope of a cooperation between Astrology
and Geophysics Research Center of the Academy of Sciences and the Korea
Astronomy and Space science Institute (KASI) of Republic of Korea. The
telescope has a diameter of 45cm, is a modern technology of Ritchey Chretien
Optic System, assembled inside of a pavilion with semispherical deck.
Our side will be
able to use the telescope for many kinds of researches such as investigation of
small planets in the sun-belt, comets and optic post-explosion lights.
The station aims to cooperate with the S.Korean side in joint
observations, information sharing, and development of scientific articles.
The S.Korean
delegates will get au fait with the “Palace of Stars” in the Astrology and
Geophysics Research Center the same day.
Culture
and Education Fund Grants 37 Scholarships
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) The Mongolian-Chinese Culture and Education fund gave
scholarships to Mongolian children last Saturday at the Ulaanbaatar office
of China Bank.
The 37 awardees
are the winners of “Dream Star” and “Future Star” programs which were run among
secondary schools.
This fund was
established in early May of 2014 but managed to invest 420 thous. CNY in
12 projects and programs. For the above scholarships it received from domestic
and Chinese entities one million 560 thous. CNY.
Present at the
event were vice minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism M.Tumenjargal, Chinese
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia Wang Shaolong, and
representatives of Mongolian and Chinese entities, together with the awardees'
parents.
Olympic
judo champion wins gold at Asian Games
September 23
(news.mn) The 2008 Beijing Olympics champion, judoka N.Tuvshinbayar,
defeated athletes from Tajikistan, South Korea, and Uzbekistan in the men's 100
kg competition, and bested Kazakhstan's Maxim Rakov for the gold medal at the
17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
This is the
third gold medal earned by a Mongolian judoka during the 17th Asian Games.
N.Tuvhsinbayar
said at a press conference following the competition, "This is the third
time that I have competed at the Asian Games. I am glad that the first medal is
gold."
On Monday,
Mongolian judoka U.Duurenbayar grabbed silver in the men's +100 kg event, while
L.Otgonbaatar won bronze in the men's 90 kg event. For female judokas,
B.Munkhtuya in the women's -78 kg event, and O.Javzmaa in the +78 kg event
were ranked in fifth place with their successes.
Mongolian
judokas have won three gold, three silver and four bronze medals, ranking in
fifth place in the medal tally at the Incheon Asian Games.
Related:
Champion
N.Tuvshinbayar Wins Gold – Montsame,
September 23
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