Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The cabinet meeting on Monday fixed a maximum number of staffers to work at administrations of soums.

The numbers will depend on population, territorial sizes, number of entities, and frames of public service organizations.

The administration of a soum with a population of up to 1,500 people will have 12 staffers, a soum with 1,501-3,000 people--14 staffers, with 3,001-5,000 people--15 staffers, with 5,001-10,000 people--17 staffers, with 10,001-20,000 people--20 staffers, and a soum with more than 20,001 people--22 staffers.

- The cabinet discussed results of the President’s participation in the UN High-Level Panel on the post-2015 Development Agenda and in the General debate of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly on September 24-27 in New York, the USA. An order was given to the FM to submit the issues to the National Security Council (NSC).

- The cabinet backed in principle a draft amendment to the law on election of the State Great Khural (parliament), and considered as necessity to convey some proposals to the draft initiators. It also backed in principle a bill on public poll and decided to issue a note on it.

-The cabinet backed draft amendment to the laws on pensions and allowances allotted from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF), and decided to convey some proposals to the draft initiator.

- The cabinet also backed a draft credit agreement to be established between Mongolia’s Ministry of Finance and the Export-Import Bank of China, and decided to have the PM issue an order on authorizing an official to sign the agreement. By the agreement, projects will be implemented to repair an old bridge and constructing new one in Yaarmag, building a grain elevator and constructing a tunnel-bridge.

- The cabinet considered a project to be implemented with money of USD 244.5 million, the remaining of the loan of a general agreement between the governments of Mongolia and the Republic of Korea. The loan has been allotted from the Foundation for Economic Cooperation for 2011-2015. A relevant resolution of government will be issued, and the Minister of Finance was obliged to convey to the S.Korean side a proposal on the project to be realized with the loan.

- The cabinet backed a draft intergovernmental agreement between Mongolia and Turkey on the financial cooperation in the military sector. A PM’s order on authorization will be issued.

- A new composition of the Regulatory Council of Agricultural Products and Raw Materials Exchange was approved. This council will be chaired by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

- The cabinet approved a maximum of foreign labor force and professionals to work in entities and organizations for the next year.

- By the decision, 159 foreign workers and professionals of the “CGGC Mongolia” LLC will work here to construct piles, fundamentals and pillars on the Selenge River in accordance with a concession contract on the construction of the Eg River’s hydropower station. The Minister of Labor G.Bayarsaikhan was authorized to give permission to the foreign people to work here.

- Some Vice Ministers were discharged from their posts under the amendment to the law on government which was passed this October 30.