Ulaanbaatar
Multi-stakeholder Council for Sustainable Development of Mongolia launched
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The Sub-Committee on the SDGs of the Parliament of Mongolia officially launched and convened the first meeting of the Multi-stakeholder Council for Sustainable Development (MCSD) in Mongolia.
The main objective of MCSD is to support the country in
fulfilling its commitments to realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In his opening remarks, the Speaker of the Great Khural of
Mongolia, Mr G.Zandanshatar emphasized that implementation of the SDGs can’t be
achieved alone by the Government, therefore he stressed the importance of
participation of all relevant stakeholders including the public, private
sector, civil society and the donor community. He further stressed the greater
need for better coordination and coherence between all stakeholders to achieve
the common goal – the sustainable development of Mongolia.
The first meeting of the MCSD was attended by the members of
the Sub-Committee on the SDGs of the Great Khural, representatives from the UN
systems, international development partners, private sector and academia, who
comprise of the MCSD.
The MCSD will support the SDG sub-committee of the State
Great Khural in its role to:
-monitor and analyse the implementation of SDGs
-promote decision-making that supports sustainable
development
-ensure effective coordination between the government,
development partners, private sector and other key stakeholders in their
efforts to implement and achieve the SDGs
-provide the Government with recommendations on the
planning, financing, implementation and monitoring of SDGs
-increase awareness of SDGs issues
United Nations Resident Coordinator, Tapan Mishra
congratulated the Parliament of Mongolia for its leadership in bringing the
importance of the implementation of the SDGs on the policy-making level and
acknowledged the “essential role of national parliaments through their
enactment of legislation and adoption of budgets, and their role in ensuring
accountability for the effective implementation of our commitments” as
highlighted in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
He further expressed that UN Mongolia stands ready to join
forces with all stakeholders in the acceleration of the SDGs in the remaining
years till 2030.
UN Mongolia
