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Mongolia holds National Consultation on Legal Empowerment of the Poor |
| 27 March 2013 |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Legal empowerment of the poor is an internationally recognized concept which aims to tackle underlying causes of poverty that are related to legal framework, including both the actual laws and the way the laws are implemented. While this may sound reasonable, it is still general and abstract, and does not help much in changing legal and policy environment for the poor. |
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PROJECT TO BE REALIZED TO IMPROVE SELF-GOVERNANCE OF LOCALITIES |
| 2 February 2013 |
A three-year project on supporting Parliament and on improving capability of the self-governance bodies of localities will be co-implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Parliamentary Office in Mongolia. The UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Mon¬golia Ms. Sezin Sinanoglu it highlighted during a meeting with Z.Enkhbold, the Speaker of the State Great Khural on Wednes¬day 6 February. |
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UNDP organizes discussion on utilizing mining revenue |
| 28 January 2013 |
28 January, 2013 - Nearly 100 representatives from Government, international development partners, civil society, academia and the media participated in a panel discussion on “Utilising mining revenue for Mongolia’s development” organized on January 28 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Mongolia with support of the UK embassy in Mongolia. |
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Mongolia - Managing Natural resources better
from The Development Advocate |
| 28 January 2013 |
Akhbastau, Mongolia
Naranbek Ristan slings his binoculars and notebook around his neck and mounts his horse with graceful ease. He is setting off on a monthly patrol of 6,000 hectares of community land to check on wildlife. The country he will cover inspires many adjectives: harsh, magnificent, daunting. But for Ristan it brings to mind the most important word of all: home. |
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Secretary-General’s Message – International Women’s Day |
| 8 March 2013 |
As we commemorate International Women’s Day, we must look back on a year of shocking crimes of violence against women and girls and ask ourselves how to usher in a better future.
One young woman was gang-raped to death. Another committed suicide out of a sense of shame that should have attached to the perpetrators. Young teens were shot at close range for daring to seek an education.
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World Humanitarian Day 2012 |
| 19 August 2012 |
“This year’s World Humanitarian Day presents an historic opportunity to bring together one billion people from around the world to advance a powerful and proactive idea: People Helping People.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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International Youth Day 2012 |
| 23 June 2012 |
As part of the week-long commemoration leading up to International Youth Day (12 August), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) invite you to an online dialogue with our Political Inclusion panel at 11:00 a.m. New York Time on 8 August 2012.
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