Ulaanbaatar
Mongolian delegation attending 140th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union
Politics
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ Deputy Speaker of the Parliament L.Enkh-Amgalan together with MPs
Ts.Tsogzolmaa, B.Saranchimeg, N.Oyundari, G.Soltan, and N.Uchral is participating
in the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) taking place in
Doha, Qatar on April 6-10.
The assembly
is being held with involvement of around 2000 representatives from 160 countries
including experts of United Nations and other international organizations,
parliamentary staff, advisors, and embassy representatives.
On the first
day of the assembly, the Mongolian delegation took
part in the meeting of the IPU’s Asia-Pacific Group. The meeting unified the
regional parliaments’ positions on amendments to the statutes of IPU and other
issues including draft laws. IPU President Gabriela Cuevas Barron, in her address
at the meeting, congratulated Mongolia for playing host to the ‘Second Regional
Seminar for the Asia-Pacific Region Parliaments on Achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals’ to be held in Ulaanbaatar this May.
Moreover, nominations
were made for IPO permanent committee members at the meeting. From Mongolia, MP
N.Oyundari is being nominated for member of the Standing Committee on Peace and
International Security and MP N.Uchral for member of the Standing Committee on
United Nations Affairs.
It is worth mentioning that MP
B.Saranchimeg currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on
Democracy and Human Rights.
