Ulaanbaatar
MP.Yo.Baatarbileg receives UNFPA Mongolia Country Representative
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ MP and Head of Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science, Yo.Baatarbileg on
January 9, met with Country Representative for United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA) in Mongolia, Naomi Kitahara.
At the meeting, Ms. Naomi Kitahara informed the UN decided
to withdraw UNFPA Country Representative from Mongolia and that Beate Trankmann, UN Development Programme Resident Representative
in Mongolia will take the charge. Therefore, the projects and programs planned to be jointly
implemented will set up through UNFPA Vietnam Country Office. She also noted the
projects to be implemented between 2019 and 2021 will continue as the UNFPA
staff will be still working in Mongolia.
"We have planned to primarily focus on population aging,
women's rights, gender equality, youth development, and reproductive
health of young people in the future," Ms. Naomi Kitahara added.
In turn, MP Yo.Baatarbileg expressed gratitude to Ms. Naomi
Kitahara for always supporting Mongolian people, being attentive towards the achievement of Mongolia’s sustainable development goals and development,
health, education of the population, as well as implementing many
beneficial projects in Mongolia.
