Ulaanbaatar
Chairman of the State Great Khural Receives UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, August 26, 2024 /MONTSAME/. Chairman
of the State Great Khural of Mongolia Amarbayasgalan Dashzegve received
Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and
the Pacific of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Kanni Wignaraja on
August 25, 2024.
At the meeting, Chairman Amarbayasgalan expressed gratitude
to the UNDP for supporting Mongolia’s initiative to hold the World Women’s
Forum from the beginning and actively cooperating in its organization. The
Speaker emphasized that the UN, particularly the Development Programme is a
reliable partner, that has been cooperating with Mongolia for 60 years, greatly
supporting Mongolian social and economic development. Speaker Amarbayasgalan
expressed the country's readiness to further cooperate actively and comprehensively
in various directions such as healthcare, education, climate change, natural
resource management, and good governance, as well as achieving Sustainable
Development Goals and ensuring gender equality.
Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the
Pacific Kanni Wignaraja noted that she learned the good practices of herders
and herders' cooperatives and actions for climate change reduction and
adaptation when she worked in Khovd, Zavkhan, Dornod, and Sukhbaatar aimags to
get acquainted with the ongoing programs and projects in Mongolia. Director
Kanni Wignaraja also mentioned that she met with women Members of the State
Great Khural and exchanged views on introducing good international practices in
ensuring gender equality in rural areas. The UNDP Regional Bureau Director
expressed the intention to cooperate in energy reform besides further
supporting the increase of women's participation in cooperatives and
decision-making.
The two parties exchanged views on enhancing relations
between Mongolia and the UNDP with new content and cooperating comprehensively.
