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UN Country Team’s consultative meeting with persons with disabilities in Mongolia
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Today marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign. In this global movement, people from around the world come together to stand against violence against women and girls in all settings. We must not tolerate any and all forms of violence against women and girls at home, at workplaces and in public.
Today, the Government of Mongolia, represented by the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) and the United Nations in Mongolia launched the Second National Voluntary Review (VNR) on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Mongolia.
Batjargal Khandav, the State Secretary of the MED, who is the chairperson of the multistakeholder working group for VNR preparation stressed that effective policies and decisions can be achieved for effective implementation of SDGs in Mongolia only with a broad representation and involvement of all relevant stakeholders.
Ensuring to bring the voices of all key players, including the Government, civil society, academia, and the private sector, this initiation workshop laid the groundwork for the rigorous process of the elaboration of the VNR, as elaborated in the roadmap below:
by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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