UN Day Celebration in Mongolia: Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai Visits UN House

The visit of the Prime Minister of Mongolia to the UN House emphasized the long-standing and mutual partnership between the UN and the Government of Mongolia, committed to advancing sustainable and inclusive development in Mongolia. 

Mongolia, one of the early adaptors of the SDGs, has been championing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Under the leadership of Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene, the Government of Mongolia set forth its long-term development strategy, known as Vision-2050, which was closely aligned with the Agenda 2030.

Furthermore, there is close alignment between the Action Plan of the current Coalition Government led by the Prime Minister and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027, co-signed by the Government of Mongolia in 2023. 

“UNSDCF 2023-2027, jointly implemented by the Government of Mongolia, serves as crucial support for the effective implementation of development policies and programs, including Vision-2050, the New Recovery Policy, Digital Mongolia,” emphasized His Excellency L. Oyun-Erdene, the Prime Minister of Mongolia in his address to the UN staff. 

He expressed his commitment to further strengthening the partnership with the United Nations to enhance the cooperation framework and its impacts on the nation’s sustainable development. He underscored the collective support of the UN system in Mongolia, especially for the well-coordinated development cooperation under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator and the UN Country Team. 

The UN system in Mongolia, represented by 24 agencies, presented the UN’s substantial contribution to Mongolia’s development along with some of the notable results achieved within the implementation of the UNSDCF 2023-2027 to the Prime Minister and his delegation. The UN in Mongolia has prioritized its partnership in the areas of human development and well-being to ensure that all Mongolians can achieve their full potential. The second priority for the UN system in Mongolia is to support Mongolia’s green, sustainable, and inclusive growth. This approach aims to balance economic prosperity with environmental stewardship while its third priority area focuses on strengthening effective and efficient governance, upholding the rule of law, and protecting human rights.

In his welcoming remarks, Mr Tapan Mishra, UN Resident Coordinator in Mongolia emphasized the UN’s recent landmark document Pact for the Future, which includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. He further highlighted that the development agenda of the current Coalition Government is well aligned with the key priorities of the Fact for the Future: accelerating digital transformation and empowering youth as future generations. 

“Pact for the Future offers Mongolia opportunities to achieve sustainable and inclusive development, accelerate rural and regional development for reducing inequality and addressing climate challenges, and as well as pushing Mongolia’s ambitious digitalization agenda forward,” said Tapan Mishra. “The UN in Mongolia looks forward to strengthening its partnerships in implementing the Pact for Future and turbocharging our efforts for SDGs under the strong leadership of Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene.”

United Nations Day, observed annually on 24 October, is a great opportunity for the UN and its partners to reaffirm their commitment to the organization’s greater mission to achieve global peace, prosperity and sustainable development, leaving no one behind.