Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia-UNESCO Cooperation Advances to New Level
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, January
16 /MONTSAME/. Mongolian National Commission (MNC) for UNESCO held its
annual review meeting on January 13, 2023.
In her opening speech
B. Battsetseg, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Mongolian National
Commission for UNESCO, highlighted the advancement in cooperation between
Mongolia and UNESCO to a new level and concrete outcomes in 2022.
“Last year
marked the 60th anniversary of Mongolia’s accession to
UNESCO. On the occasion of this anniversary, we invited the Director
General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, to Mongolia and her visit was significant to
advance the relations and cooperation between the two sides and increase our
contribution to UNESCO’s mission.” she continued.
Then the
representatives of the participating organizations, which were members of the
MNC, including the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the Ministry of
Culture, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Ministry of Mining
and Heavy industry, the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, the
Mongolian Academy of Sciences, MONTSAME News Agency, and the Mongolian National
Library, exchanged views on implementing more optimal projects and programs,
improving their transparency and outcomes and evolving the cooperation in the
framework of our single window foreign policy in the further.
Minister of Foreign
Affairs B. Battsetseg called upon relevant ministries and their partner
organizations to pay special attention to intensifying the MNC’s operations,
improving coordination, reinvigorating our country’s participation in UNESCO
convention and intergovernmental activities, promoting our country through this
organization and registering Mongolian historical and natural monuments and
historical evidence to the UNESCO’s commission and programs.
During this meeting,
S. Boldsaikhan, Secretary General of the Mongolian National Commission for
UNESCO, presented the performance report of the 2022 plan, and members of the
commission expressed their opinions and agreed to adopt the draft plan of
2023.
