MEMORANDUM SIGNED FOR SOLVING MINING SECTOR'S CONFLICTS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The government of Mongolia has established a trilateral memorandum with Mongolia's Trade Unions (MTU) and Mongolia's Union of Employers (MUE). Aimed at creating a mechanism for tackling conflicts in the mining sector, the memorandum has been inked by Ch.Khurelbaatar, a head of the Cabinet Secretariat, S.Ganbaatar, a chairman of the MTU, and Kh.Ganbaatar, president of the MUE. An initiative to establish the trilateral memorandum belongs to MTU and MUE.
In accordance with the memorandum, researches will be conducted on drawing up a training program for locality's people, businessmen and state officials, promoting citizens' participation and relations in gaining benefits from the mining revenue, consulting at national and local levels, arranging opportunities, and tackling conflicts in the mining sector.
The MTU's chairman S.Ganbaatar has expressed a hope that the memorandum will strengthen capability of tackling conflicts on national and rural levels in exploitation of mineral resources.
Mentioning that investments in this sector will play a main role in Mongolia's socio-economic development, Ch.Khurelbaatar has underlined that the memorandum will become an important document in solving any conflicts, complaints and matters on exploitation of the mining resources. Besides, related international experiences are to be studied and summarized.
B.Khuder