2021-05-08 13:01:50
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mr. Ankhbayar Nyamdorj, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, received the copy of Letter of Credence from H.E. Zafer Ates, Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Turkey to Mongolia.
State Secretary N.Ankhbayar congratulated H.E. Zafer Ates upon his appointment as the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Mongolia and emphasized that Mongolia attaches high importance to its relations and cooperation with Turkey – its third neighbour.
During the meeting, sides exchanged views on the bilateral relations and cooperation. State Secretary underlined the importance of boosting economic cooperation and yielding tangible outcome and expressed his belief that H.E. Zafer Ates would exert his efforts for same result during his tenure.
2021-05-06 12:30:51
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On May 5, 2021, Mr. Kh.Gankhuyag, a member of the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia and Head of the Mongolia-Estonia Parliamentary Group in the State Great Hural (Parliament), held an online meeting with Mr. Kaido Höövelson, a member of the 14th Riigikogu (Parliament) of the Republic of Estonia and Head of the Estonia-Mongolia Parliamentary Group in the Riigikogu (Parliament).
The online meeting was attended by Mrs. Kh.Bulgantuya, a member of the Mongolia-Estonia Parliamentary Group, Mr. T.Janabazar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Estonia, Mrs. B.Bolormaa, Deputy Director of the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia.
2021-04-29 17:31:24
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to promote responsible business practices with three key pillars including State’s duty to protect human rights in business operations, businesses’ responsibility to respect human rights, and both to provide remedies when violations occur. Since 2020, Covid-19 pandemic is causing more frequent human rights violations globally including Mongolia in public, social and business spheres requiring timely and urgent solutions.
Today, UNDP Mongolia officially launched the “Business and Human Rights in Asia: Enabling Sustainable Economic Growth through the Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework” programme funded by the European Union Partnership Instrument and co-implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia with the support from the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and Business and Human Rights Asia Pro
2021-03-13 11:17:35
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On March 12, Mongolia received 14,400 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
This delivery is part of a first wave of arrivals that will continue in the coming days and weeks. UNICEF and WHO have been technically, financially and logistically supporting the Government of Mongolia to prepare for the COVID-19 immunization campaign.
“In the battle against this global pandemic, countries around the world have launched the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccination campaign in Mongolia started on 23 February 2021 and is accelerating further. We are happy to welcome the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility. Vaccines provided by the COVAX Facility will help to immunize up to 20% of the population. It is a valuable contribution
2021-02-23 16:21:34
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. On February 19-23, Mongolian Ambassador to Cuba Sh. Battsetseg met with officials of Cuban universities, including Medical University of Camagüey, the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos, the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, and Technological University of Habana José Antonio Echeverría, where Mongolian students study, and personally
got acquainted with the learning and living environment of the students.
At the meetings, the parties exchanged views on the matters
regarding the risks to students having class suspensions due to
ongoing pandemic quarantines for the last 12 months and mobilization of medical
school students for public check-ups, improvement of sterilization and protection