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• ULAANBAATAR -- A UN human rights expert today commended Mongolia’s significant progress in passing legislation to combat gender-based violence against women, saying the challenge now was to ensure effective implementation of the laws throughout the country.

Today, the National Council for Sustainable Development convened under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister of Mongolia H.E L.Oyun-Erdene. The Council discussed the draft strategic priority areas and outcomes for the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework to be implemented from 2023 to 2027.

Ulaanbaatar, 17 November 2021– The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) concluded a national workshop on “Protecting national Critical Infrastructure from Terrorists’ Cyber-Attacks” in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The event was opened by Mr. Tapan Mishra, United Nations Resident Coordinator to Mongolia and Mr. Odonbaatar Peljee, Director General of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre of Mongolia.

Today, the UN Mongolia and the Government of Mongolia invited all development partners to co-create their joint development vision and priorities for the next five years of strategic cooperation on sustainable development. This exercise will lay the foundation for the elaboration of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) from 2023 to 2027 for Mongolia.

2021 marks the 60th anniversary of Mongolia’s membership in the United Nations. This diamond jubilee of Mongolia’s full-fledged membership in the United Nations means its assurance of independence and sovereignty for Mongolia, strengthening its position in the international community.

First-ever high-level forum on SDGs in Mongolia

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been put in the spotlight at the first-ever High-level National Forum on the SDGs on 4th October 2021 as Mongolia’s key stakeholders in the development, including the Parliamentarians, the Cabinet ministers, Diplomatic Missions, representatives from the civil society, development partners and the academia, and most importantly from the private sector, discussed the importance of integration of the SDGs in the national policies and programs and their implementation in Mongolia.