SATURDAY AND SUNDFAY EVENTS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The President Ts.Elbegdorj received an invitation from Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, to become a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change.
Professor Schwab writes:"Dear Mister President, thank You for Your participation and contributions to Global Agenda Council on Climate Change in Year 2009 as our distinguished guest. I am pleased to invite You to become a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change 2010 given Your thought and leadership in this field.
Each of our Councils, comprised of 15 to 20 members, serves as an informal advisory board to the World Economic Forum and, through the Forum, to the international community. The Councils represent the world's foremost integrated 'intelligence' network of innovative thinking and idea exchange on global issues.
The Network of Global Agenda Councils has already demonstrated its importance as a much needed catalyst for improved global cooperation on key issues.
The Global Agenda Councils are now integrated in the Global Agenda Partnership, which unites the world's most relevant experts, including business and government leaders, in an ongoing, comprehensive and co-creative process to monitor and address global, regional and industry challenges.
The interaction among all Council Members mainly takes place during the one-year term via WELCOM, the Forum's state-of-the-art virtual platform. You are also cordially invited as our guest to participate in the Summit of the Network of Global Agenda Councils in Dubai in the end of November 2010.
I hope You will accept my invitation, which will allow You to have a significant impact on our global future."
The President Elbegdorj participated in the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2010, as a distinguished guest of the Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change. He actively participated in the video-conferences of the Council and Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2009.
Members of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change have included Nobel Laureate, Oscar winner Mr. Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the USA, Mr. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Timothy Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.

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A ceremony ran Friday, August 6, to introduce the 3d national report on realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Present were Mr. Ajay Chhibber, the UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific; G.Zandanshatar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia; Ch.Khashchuluun, head of the Committee of National Development and Reform; and D.Tsogtbaatar, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A letter from Mongolia's President was sounded at the beginning of the event. Following it, representatives of Bangladesh, Vietnam, Laos and China held a seminar and delivered reports stating that Mongolia "reduced its poverty rate by only 1.4 per cent in the 14-year period and this is not a satisfactory indicator".
In addition to it, the reports conclude that, for Mongolia it is difficult to fully implement the goals of the Millennium Development by the year 2015 although there are achievements in the implementation course against the previous reports the period 2007-2008 nationwide. The reports also pointed out that it is of importance to promote participation of the state and private sector in realizing all the goals.

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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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A new exhibition has opened in the Khan Bank Art Gallery for the public audience. The exhibition is being jointly displayed by S.Dolgor, a Mongolian Artist, and Mark Schmitt, an artist from Germany.
S.Dolgor was born in Ulaanbaatar city in 1973. She studied traditional painting in the Academy of Arts in Ulaanbaatar city. In 2008, the artist moved to Berlin, Germany and displayed her works in an international art event. Mark Schmitt is an internationally recognized artist being highly ranked in the contemporary art. He was born in Hamburg in 1963.
S.Dolgor has displayed her works showing traditional Mongolian ger (national dwelling) life style in her paintings that were produced with traditional painting patterns. The changes that have occurred in urbanized ger areas of the city are explained from her view and angle. The artist explains about the momentums expressed and shown on these works that they are a result of good realization and sensitivity of nature and her internal world and their interrelations. With her works previously produced, S.Dolgor shows the current lives in ger areas of Ulaanbaatar city. Born and spent her childhood in a ger district of Ulaanbaatar, she is full of good memories on social and collaborative life minds. As the city expands, the semi-nomadic mentality is changing.
In his works Mark Schmitt shows different periods of time using various colored layers in a meaning of considerable spatial expressions went through in the past. The artist is interested more in the patterns, where the colors are gradually invented by themselves from a variety of imaginative figures created on canvas cloth. In addition to his paintings, the sculptures contain spatial feelings. He first visited Mongolia in 2005. Since then, he has displayed his works to the Mongolian people including the individuals interested in Mongolian art.
In terms of a similar focus on space, two artists are alike with that they both select and make Mongolia as their focus. Space or spatial concept is the way of looking at the world through feeling the basic spatial structure rather than abstract and realistic arts. To put contrasting patterns/styles into one seems similar to putting or installing different binoculars in a camera.
The exhibition is unique as it shows how totally different or contrasting works of two different contemporary artists are matching by creating mutually dissolved culture. The exhibition will last August 25, 2010.

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An opening ceremony ran Sunday on the Sukhbaatar Square for the "Mongolia Bike Challenge 2010" international competitions for mountain bike that will take place for the first time in Asia.
Co-organized by the "Mongolia Expeditions" LLC, Italia's Progetto Avventura Eventi Company, Mongolia's Federation of Adventure Sports and Cycling Tour, and Mongolia's State Committee of Physical Culture and Sports the international mountain bike competitions will be attended by 94 cyclists from Mongolia, the USA, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Belgium and Chinese Hong Kong.
During the opening ceremony, the participants paid a tribute to the monument of Chingis Khaan. Then, a Minister of Environment and Tourism Mr.Gansukh gave a speech. Warm wishes were sounded by Ch.Naranbaatar, a head of the State Committee of Physical Culture and Sports, and J.Ganbold, a head of Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the City's Administration.
The ten-round events will take ten days to cover 1,400 km off-road way through Dundgobi, Omnogobi, Bayankhongor, Arkhangai and Ovorkhangai aimags. Winners will be selected in six age categories.
Many foreign organizations and companies and Mongolia's "Bodi Daatgal" company are sponsoring the tournament, besides, the "C1" and "NTV" commercial TVs will air them.
The prize fund has EUR 15,000, and the winner will receive the Golden Cup costing EUR 5,000.

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Running in the "Ikh tenger" complex, the 8th round of the games of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix finished Saturday.
The tournament's highlight was that the youngest participant 16-year old Hou Yifan from China did not compete in her 8th game due to a bad health. But she will perform her 8th game against Zhu Chen representing Qatar Sunday.
In accordance with the tournament's program, Sunday is a holiday. Mongolia's chess master B.Mongontuul was defeated by her French rival Marie Sebag at the 8th day game. Thus, she is being ranked at 9th place with 2.5 points.
After the finish of the 8th day game, Shen Yang (China) beat Zhao Xue (China), Koneru Humpy (India) beat A.Stefanova (Bulgaria), Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia) beat Cemre Yildiz (Turkey). The game between Xu Yuhua (China) and Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) finished in a draw.

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Five stock trades were held at Mongolia's Stock Exchange (MSE) during the week from August 2 to August 6. Overall 468.8 thousand shares of 41 JSCs were sold totaling 220.9 million MNT trade.
Index top-20 is 10106.46 points increased by 239.59 units, or 2.43% against the previous week. The total market capitalization was set at MNT 853.3 billion, increasing by MNT 24.9 billion or 3.00%.
Shares of "Silikat" JSC (73.0%), "Zoos goyol" (15.2%) and "Khargia" (15.0%) were increased, but, "Gutal" (11.4%), "Avtoimpex" (7.7%), and "Gobi" (4.1%) JSCs were decreased at the MSE. A total of 41 shares were sold. Of them, rate of 26 shares were increased, rate five shares was decreased, and rate of 10 shares were stable.
Shares of "Hermes center" JSC (123.0 thousand units), "Olloo" (66.6 thousand units) and "Remikon" (65.1 thousand units) JSCs were actively traded in terms of trading volume, but in terms of trading value "Avtozam Arkhangai" (MNT 64.3 million), "Gobi" (MNT 37.4 million) and "Sharyn gol" (MNT 35.2 million).
B.Khuder