PRIME MINISTER MEETS UN REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. Eliasson also expressed his gratitude for the Mongolian contribution in providing troops for participating in UN the peacekeeping operations.

After this meeting, the Prime Minister also met UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, who expressed his thanks to Mongolia for being a democratic-role model country in Asia, and that UN is ready to co-operate to continue supporting human rights. In addition, the UN supports the initiatives of the President of Mongolia, in particular abolishing the death-penalty, and hopes that the necessary legal steps will be taken to bring this about.

Source: news.mn