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SPEAKER MEETS ASSISTANT UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The Parliament Speaker of Mongolia D.Demberel has received Mr. Ajay Chhibber, the UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific.
Beginning the meeting, Mr. Demberel mentioned that the visit of the UN Assistant Secretary is being held on the one-year anniversary of the visit of Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, paid to Mongolia, and it is an expression of a great importance the United Nations pays to Mongolia.
He emphasized that the visit of the UN Assistant Secretary-General is well-timed and is coinciding with a discussion of the national report on implementation course of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “I am glad to say that Mongolia's government, parliament and the people always thank the United Nations Development Program for assisting Mongolia as for a developing country,” Mr. Demberel stressed. He expressed his satisfaction with a successful implementation of the program of the Mongolia-UNDP Cooperation in 2007-2011, and appreciated a setting up a working group which will draw up the next cooperation program for 2012-2016.
The Speaker said Mongolia has started putting its mineral resources into economic circulation, and that the economic capacity of the country is expected to grow thanks to this work. “However, Mongolia still has poverty and unemployment, and the animal husbandry and manufacturing industry are not developed well in my country,” Mr. Demberel said and expressed a hope that the second stage of the UNDP Cooperation program will significantly contribute to the development of Mongolia.
In response, Mr. Chhibber underlined that many countries may learn from Mongolia how to implement well the democratic principles and reported that the UNDP plans to increase its activity directions.
Mr. Chhibber mentioned that the women's participation is not enough at the political arena although the gender equality is good at the educational sphere in Mongolia, and said Mongolia should pay an attention to this matter.
He expressed a willingness to share methods of putting mineral resources into economic circulation and of allotting correctly the benefits from mineral resources.
Present at the meeting were D.Tsogtbaatar, the State Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; D.Davaasambuu, an advisor to the Speaker; Ts.Narantungalag, a head of the Foreign Relations and Cooperation Department of the Parliament Office; Sezin Sinanoglu, the Permanent Representative of the UNDP to Mongolia; Shoka Noda, the Assistant Permanent Representative of the UNDP to Mongolia, and other officials.
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Beginning the meeting, Mr. Demberel mentioned that the visit of the UN Assistant Secretary is being held on the one-year anniversary of the visit of Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, paid to Mongolia, and it is an expression of a great importance the United Nations pays to Mongolia.
He emphasized that the visit of the UN Assistant Secretary-General is well-timed and is coinciding with a discussion of the national report on implementation course of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). “I am glad to say that Mongolia's government, parliament and the people always thank the United Nations Development Program for assisting Mongolia as for a developing country,” Mr. Demberel stressed. He expressed his satisfaction with a successful implementation of the program of the Mongolia-UNDP Cooperation in 2007-2011, and appreciated a setting up a working group which will draw up the next cooperation program for 2012-2016.
The Speaker said Mongolia has started putting its mineral resources into economic circulation, and that the economic capacity of the country is expected to grow thanks to this work. “However, Mongolia still has poverty and unemployment, and the animal husbandry and manufacturing industry are not developed well in my country,” Mr. Demberel said and expressed a hope that the second stage of the UNDP Cooperation program will significantly contribute to the development of Mongolia.
In response, Mr. Chhibber underlined that many countries may learn from Mongolia how to implement well the democratic principles and reported that the UNDP plans to increase its activity directions.
Mr. Chhibber mentioned that the women's participation is not enough at the political arena although the gender equality is good at the educational sphere in Mongolia, and said Mongolia should pay an attention to this matter.
He expressed a willingness to share methods of putting mineral resources into economic circulation and of allotting correctly the benefits from mineral resources.
Present at the meeting were D.Tsogtbaatar, the State Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; D.Davaasambuu, an advisor to the Speaker; Ts.Narantungalag, a head of the Foreign Relations and Cooperation Department of the Parliament Office; Sezin Sinanoglu, the Permanent Representative of the UNDP to Mongolia; Shoka Noda, the Assistant Permanent Representative of the UNDP to Mongolia, and other officials.
B.Khuder
