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Mongolia at Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2016
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A delegation led by N.Battsereg, the Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism, has taken part in the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2016, which ran April 3-5 in Bangkok of Thailand.
Worked as a deputy chair of the forum, Mr Battsereg attended a high-level debate themed “Regional priorities for ensuring implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and presented ongoing policy and measures in Mongolia for realizing sustainable development goals.
Battsereg also met with Ms Shamshad Akhtar, the Executive Secretary of UNESCAP for Asia and the Pacific and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to share with him views on the Mongolia-UNESCAP cooperation.
President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly S.Oyun MP chaired a special meeting organized within the forum as well.
The first regional forum on sustainable development, following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September of 2015, aimed to shape the regional response to the 2030 Agenda. The forum engaged member States, UN institutions and other institutions, major groups and other stakeholders on regional priorities for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific, reflecting ESCAP’s mandate for follow up and review.
