Mongolian Economy and Finance

The Government of Mongolia and UNICEF started implementing their new Country Programme 2012-2016 in January 2012 with the overall goal to support Mongolia in addressing inequity in accordance with the National Development Strategy, the UNDAF and the MDGs.

More than forty multiple stakeholders from fourteen provinces took part in a consultative meeting to adapt and localize UNESCO’s “Gender Sensitive Indicators for Media” (GSIM) in Ulaanbaatar on June 27.

UNCTAD, together with Japan’s customs authorities, conducted a national seminar on preferential rules of origin in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 9-11 June.

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 28 – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Saturday adopted a six-month-old lion cub which he named Tumaini at the Nairobi National Park.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community on Saturday to have "inclusive dialogue and inclusive policies, embracing all different groups of people" when dealing with international terrorism.

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The first-ever United Nations Environmental Assembly is being hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, where more than 150 high-level delegations are addressing environmental sustainability challenges, including green economy financial mechanisms, the illegal trade of wild animals and plants, sustainable environmental consumption, as well as development outlooks through 2015.

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The first-ever United Nations Environmental Assembly is underway in Nairobi, Kenya, where more than 150 high-level delegations are addressing environmental sustainability challenges.

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A U.N. panel has reportedly advised sanctioning a North Korean military missile unit for its March test of a pair of Rodong ballistic missiles.

Twelve distinguished Nigerians will be led by President Goodluck Jonathan to speak at the World Economic Forum Africa on some issues affecting Africa and the global economy, in Abuja today.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world's five nuclear powers pledged Tuesday not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against five Central Asian nations that have banned nuclear weapons.

Mr. Ochirbat Chuluunbat, Vice Minister of Economic Development of Mongolia, said he expected UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Review (IPR) of Mongolia to help catalyze growth and have considerable impact on sustainable development in his country.

GENEVA, April 24 -- The United Nations Office at Geneva issued the following news release:

Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) picks a blogger to send to World Environment Day . Last year, the event was held in Mongolia and Charles Akhimien, a 24-year-old doctor and environmentalist from Nigeria, won the prize .

Mongolia is fast becoming an ambitious country worth watching in the Asia-Pacific.

Western powers had to "twist the arms" of some 50 countries to get their support for the UN General Assembly resolution on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Sergei Brilev's Vesti v Subbotu (News on Saturday) television programme on March 29.

Countries of the Asia-Pacific region, including China, are losing grassland and forests at an alarming rate and must act immediately to curtail further degradation.

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Foreign Ministry V.Olziibayar Monday delivered a report on our government's policy towards children's rights, at the 3rd Committee debate on "Promotion and Protection of the rights of children" of the 68th UN General Assembly.