Ulaanbaatar
Scientific conference runs on 70th anniversary of Public Referendum
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A scientific conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Public Referendum of 1945 of the People’s Republic of Mongolia (the former name) was held last Saturday. The anniversary is to be marked on October 20.
The opening speech was given by the Speaker of Parliament Z.Enkhbold. He said parliament considers the 1945 Public Referendum as the first democratic voting that had a great historic significance in the country’s independence.
During the early 1945’s, at the Yalta Conference, leaders of the allies of the World War II–the USA, the UK and the former Soviet Union--considered that the independence of the PR of Mongolia must be acknowledged by its neighbor, the Republic of China. In response, the latter’s authorities delivered a note on “considering of Mongolia’s independence on the basis of a public referendum”. Following the note, the deputies of the People’s Baga Khural (lower house of parliament of Mongolia) had issued a resolution on organizing a public poll on independence. On October 20 of 1945, 494 thous.960 people, or 98.5 of the population, participated in the referendum and backed the independence of their own country with 100 percent approval.
Thanks to the invincible efforts of the Mongolian people, China submitted a note on acknowledging the independence of the People’s Republic of Mongolia on January 12 of 1946.
In a scope of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the above event, the conference was hosted by the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences, the National Archives, Mongolian National Museum of History and the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The scholars from the Institutes of History and Archaeology and of International Relations, the National Archives, the Mongolian State University, the University of Education and Ulaanbaatar University gave presentations on historic importance and the preparation for the Public Referendum, based on the archived sources.
Present at the conference were also Deputy PM Ts.Oyunbaatar, Minister of Environment Green Development and Tourism N.Battsereg, Minister of Construction and Urban Developemnt Z.Bayanselenge, Minister of Health and Sports G.Shiilegdamba and the chairman of MPRP N.Enkhbayar.
