TONY BLAIR IS HERE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A former Prime Minister of the Great Britain, Mr Tony Blair started his one-day working visit to Mongolia on Friday by invitation of Mr Ch.Saikhanbileg, the Minister of the Cabinet office of the Government. He arrived at 6.00 am in Ulaanbaatar. He will be received by Mongolia's President Ts.Elbegdorj and by the Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag, and will share views on cooperation with Ch.Saikhanbileg and the Foreign Minister L.Bold. He will also meet scientists and researchers and will give interview to the “Bloomberg Mongolia” TV and take part in the “Face to face” programme of Mongolian National Radio and TV. After resigning as PM, he established several organization. A "Tony Blair Associates" firm provides, in partnership with others, strategic advice on a commercial and pro bono [free] basis, on political and economic trends and governmental reform; a "Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative" helps some of Africa's most dynamic leaders deliver the change their people need to relieve poverty; a "Tony Blair Faith" Foundation promotes respect and understanding of and between the major religions and makes the case for faith as a force for good in the modern world; a "The Tony Blair Sports" Foundation increases number of volunteer coaches an officials so that more children and young people get the opportunity to play sport; an Office of the Quartet Representative, set up in 2002, consists of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia with a mandate to help mediate Middle East peace negotiations and to support Palestinian economic development and institution-building in preparation for eventual statehood; and a "Breaking the Climate deadlock" gains major political support for a framework for international agreement and implementation strategies (sectoral agreements, international standards, domestic policies) that will result in GHG emissions reductions consistent with the levels suggested as necessary by the scientific community by 2050. Tony Blair was born on May 6, 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from May 1997 to June 2007. He was also the leader of Britain's Labour Party (1994 to 2007) and the Member of parliament for Sedgefield, England (1983 to 2007). Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994. Under his leadership, the party used the phrase "New Labour" to distance it from previous Labour policies. Blair declared opposition to the traditional conception of socialism, and declared support for a new conception of socialism that he referred to as "social-ism" that involved politics that recognized individuals as socially interdependent, and advocated social justice, cohesion, equal worth of each citizen, and equal opportunity. Critics of Blair denounced him for having the Labour Party abandon genuine socialism and accepting capitalism. Blair in 2009 publicly declared support for a "new capitalism". Blair led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. At 43 years old, he became the youngest PM since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the first years of the New Labour government, Blair's cabinet implemented a number of 1997 manifesto pledges, introducing the minimum wage, Human Rights Act and Freedom of Information Act, and carrying out devolution, establishing the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was succeeded as Leader of the Labour Party on 24 June 2007 and as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 by Gordon Brown. On the day he resigned as PM, he was appointed the official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. In May 2008, Blair launched his Tony Blair Faith Foundation. This was followed in July 2009 by the launching of the Faith and Globalization Initiative with Yale University in the US, Durham University in the UK and the National University of Singapore in Asia to deliver a postgraduate programme in partnership with the Foundation. Blair has established Tony Blair Associates. This firm will "allow him to provide, in partnership with others, strategic advice on a commercial and pro bono [free] basis, on political and economic trends and governmental reform". Ch.Enkhtuya