Mongolia Brief September 23, 2014 Part III
Foreign
Minister L.Bold Working in New York
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) While taking part in the 69th session of the United
Nations General Assembly in New York, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
L.Bold met Monday with his counterparts of the member- states of Asia
Cooperation Dialogue (ACD).
Launched in
2012, the ACD is currently joining 31 countries and is chaired by the Foreign
Minister of Saudi Arabia. The sides exchanged views on boosting the cooperation
of Asia in economy, culture and humanity, on supporting a sustainable
development, on creating and realizing proposals and initiatives
on developing together by providing themselves with equal opportunities.
In his talk, Mr
Bold noted that Mongolia, attaching a great importance to human development and
education, initiated the UN Literacy Decade, and pointed out that the Mongolian
government intends to host an international seminar for educational sector’s
experts from the ACD states in 2015.
The meeting
decided to issue Riyadh Declaration on Cooperation in the Educational Sector at
the 13th ACD Ministerial Meeting which will be hosted by Saudi Arabia on
November 25 of 2014.
Gas Safety Memorandum Signed
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) The Ministry of Energy of Mongolia and the “Korea Gas
Safety” corporation of South Korea have adopted a memorandum.
By the document
the two sides aims to develop the energy production and to provide a
preparation for using the natural gas in urban areas, central heating and other
power uses, and to ensure here a safety for engineering.
The memo has
been inked by the State secretary of the Ministry D.Delgertsogt and the
president of “Korea Gas Safety” corporation Jun Dae-chun. A legal basis has
been laid for cooperation in use of natural gas, in development of norms and
regulations to be pursued during the construction of engineering facilities and
infrastructure, in meeting high standards of safety, and in cadres preparation
and trainings for engineers.
Korea Gas
Safety is a 100-percent state-owned company responsible for safety audit in
S.Korean gas sector, development and enforcement of the norms and standards,
trainings and advertisement for use of gas, and license issuance on gas
enterprises. Republic of Korea has become one of the leading countries by its
safe conditions of gas use.
Ulaanbaatar Drinking Water Program Launches
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) The Citizens Representative Khural of Ulaanbaatar
adopted September 23 a program on safety of drinking water at its 19th meeting.
Many action
have been planned by the program. A security will be tightened at Ulaanbaatar’s
drinking water reserves with common and special regimes of hygiene, an illegal
construction of facilities and settlements of homes will be eliminated near the
drinking water reserves, and the environmental impact assessments will run in
the tourist areas. The licenses of companies illegally exploring minerals in
the bank of the Tuul river will be withdrawn, and a monitoring over reservoir
areas will be fully automated to prevent a pollution.
The capital
city's drinking water reserves will be re-estimated through researches in
surface and ground waters, the results will be coordinated with a program on
environmental protection. Many works can be facilitated through the document
such as comprehensive measures to improve ger (national dwelling) districts’
water supply through an estimation of expenses for exploiting, processing,
reserving and serving water.
Foreign Minister Meets Cuban Counterpart
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) During the 69th session of the United Nations General
Assembly in New York, the Foreign Minister of Mongolia L.Bold met Monday with
Mr Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, the FM of Cuba.
They shared
views on the Mongolia-Cuba relations and cooperation and on multilateral
cooperation. Mongolia attaches a great importance to its ties with Cuba and
wants to activate these traditional and friendly relations, especially in education,
sport, health and agricultural spheres, Mr Bold said.
He underlined
an importance of high level visits that will boost the relations and of
determining the cooperation directions, and passed to Parrilla an invitation
from the Mongolian leader to the Cuban President Raul Castro to visit Mongolia.
The two sides
agreed to seek ways of enriching the Mongolia-Cuba cooperation with new
contents, and touched upon issues of the multilateral cooperation, including
ways of fruitfully collaborating and supporting each other within the UN.
MPs Helpers Refresh Knowledge
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 23 (MONTSAME) A focus training for 80 advisors, assistants and agents
of MPs ran September 23 at State House.
The training
was held on the occasion of the upcoming on October 3 session of the State
Great Khural. The gathered were addressed by secretary of the Office of
parliament B.Tseveenpurev who reminded them an importance of their work
and said that criteria for MP agents and assistants will be completed soon.
While
parliament holds the power of drafting the law and legislation, its office is
obliged to make recommendations on methodology for the realization of this
power, he said. A quality of the work of MPs will greatly depend on their
agents’ efforts, he stressed.
The training
gave information on important matters such as on E-system of sessions, the
agents’ aesthetics, on submission of income declaration, on press and media,
and on moral of the agents.
International Day of Peace Celebrated Here
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar, September
23 (MONTSAME) The United Nations Day of Peace has been celebrated in Mongolia.
The ceremony opened at 11.00 am last weekend with prayers from all religions
represented in Mongolia around the Peace Bell in Chingis Khaan’s Square. The
theme of this year's observance is "Right of Peoples to Peace".
The Resident
Coordinator of the United Nations in Mongolia Ms Sezin Sinanoglu opened the
ceremony to read the Peace Message from the Secretary-General of the United
Nations Ban Ki-moon. Then Ms Sinanoglu and the leaders of all religions rang
the Peace Bell and lit candles.
Each year the
International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The
General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals
of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.
To mark the
30th anniversary of the General Assembly Declaration on the Right of Peoples to
Peace, the theme of this year’s International Day of Peace is the “Right of
Peoples to Peace”. This anniversary offers a unique opportunity to reaffirm the
United Nations commitment to the purposes and principles upon which the
Organization was founded. The Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace
recognizes that the promotion of peace is vital for the full enjoyment of all
human rights.
The
International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by resolution 36/67 of the
United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its opening session, which was
held annually on the third Tuesday of September. The first Peace Day was observed
in September 1982.
In 2001, the
General Assembly by unanimous vote adopted resolution 55/282, which established
21 September as an annual day of non-violence and cease-fire.
This simple
ceremony around the Peace Bell, demonstrates that peace is central to the
spiritual teachings of all faiths, and echoes the ringing of the Peace Bell at
the United Nations Headquarters every year on the International Day of Peace.
The Peace Bell in New York was cast in 1954 from coins donated by children from
60 countries, and was a gift from the UN Association of Japan. For half a
century since, the bell has sent a powerful message around the world about
humankind's aspiration for peace.
Turkish Defense Minister to visit to Mongolia
September 23
(news.mn) Turkish Defense officials accompanied by the Minister of National
Defense of the Republic of Turkey, İsmet Yılmaz, are to pay an official visit
to Mongolia from September 25-26th.
The visit comes
on the occasion of the 45thanniversary of building diplomatic relations between
Mongolia and the Republic of Turkey. In the scope of the visit, not only
bilateral defense issues but also regional and international issues are
expected to be discussed.
During the
visit to Mongolia, İsmet Yılmaz will meet with Defense Minister of Mongolia
D.Bat-Erdene for official talks, sign several agreements and hold a joint press
conference.
The Minister of
National Defense of the Republic of Turkey also plans to meet Mongolian Armed
Forces servicemen who have completed peacekeeping missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
İsmet Yılmaz is
also planning a visit to the Government House to exchange views on bilateral
relations and cooperation between Mongolia and Turkey with Prime Minister
N.Altankhuyag.
The Turkish
delegation will also visit ancient Turkic monuments and remains in Arkhangai
Province, Tonyukuk's memorial in the Nalaikh district, and the Chinggis Khaan
monument in Tsonjin Boldog.
Related:
Turkish
Defense Minister to visit us – Montsame,
September 22
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