By: Bunchingiv Bazartseren, Lisa Ogle and Joel Scriven

When most people think of REDD+, they think of tropical forests. However REDD+ is a mechanism in which all forested developing countries can participate. Mongolia, a country with significant boreal forest cover, is now engaging in a number of activities to develop a National REDD+ Roadmap.

Хүний эрхийн долоо дахь удаагийн үндэсний чуулганд Нэгдсэн Үндэстний Байгууллагыг төлөөлөн оролцож, та бүхэнд мэндчилж байгаадаа миний бие баяртай байна. Хүний эрх бол НҮБ-ын тунхаг бичгийн үндэс суурь байдгийг та бүхэн мэднэ. Өнөөдөр бид улс орнууд, тив дэлхий нийтээрээ хүний эрхийг хамгаалах үйлсэд зориулсан Олон улсын хүний эрхийн өдрийг тэмдэглэж байна

I am pleased to represent the United Nations System in Mongolia in greeting you all today at the seventh Annual Human Rights National Forum. As you all know, human rights is what underpins the very charter of the United Nations. Today we are celebrating the International Human Rights Day, a day dedicated to the advancement in the protection of human rights across the continents and countries.

For the Mongolia Country Office, it has become a tradition to observe this day by organizing national human rights forum since 2005. The topics of these forums were “Safe living environment” (2005), “Rights of People with Disabilities” (2006), “Rights of Victims“ (2007), “Human Rights and Bureaucracy” (2008), “The Role of NGOs in implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan” (2009), “Business and Human Rights” (2010). UNDP also supports preparation of background papers and studies on selected topics and follow-up activities.

Beginning with the words “We the people”, the United Nations Charter reminds us the crafting solution to global challenges is a job not only for Governments, but for people, communities and civil society. Around the world, people are increasingly recognizing that our unsustainable production and consumption patterns need to change. In order to achieve this, political will alone is not sufficient. People need to participate and engage.

• What is REDD+? - Ms Lisa Ogle
• International legal framework for REDD+ - Lisa Ogle
• Developing a REDD+ Roadmap in Mongolia Lisa Ogle
• UN-REDD Programme Overview - Aki Kono

• Decree of the Ministre of NET on REDD+ Taskforce Establishment
• Terms of Reference - National REDD+ Roadmap Taskforce in Mongolia
• Terms of Reference - Working Group 1: Drivers and strategies
• Terms of Reference - Working Group 2: Stakeholder Engagement and Safeguards
• Terms of Reference - Working Group 3: Monitoring, MRV and Reference Levels

On the 23 November 2011, Ms. Sezin Sinanoglu, UN RC and UNDP RR in Mongolia gave a lecture on Human Development to students from the School of Foreign Service (SFS) of Mongolian National University (MNU).

New York, 23 November 2011— Members of the public can now access financial data on the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) development activities for the most recent fiscal period, thanks to a new open data portal.

A new UN report demonstrates that governments and businesses alike are taking steps to accelerate a global shift towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive green future. From China to Barbados, Brazil to South Africa, countries are developing Green Economy strategies and activities to spur greater economic growth and jobs, environmental protection and equality.

Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national achievement in health, education and income, released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century unless bold steps are taken now to slow climate change, prevent further environmental damage, and reduce deep inequalities within and among nations, according to projections in the 2011 Human Development Report, launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) here today.
The 2011 Report—Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All—argues that environmental sustainability can be most fairly and effectively achieved by addressing health, education, income, and gender disparities together with the need for global action on energy production and ecosystem protection. The Report was launched in Copenhagen today by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, whose new government has pledged to reduce Denmark’s CO2 emissions by a dramatic 40 percent over the next 10 years.

It is a great pleasure to congratulate the Government and people of Mongolia on the 50th anniversary of the country’s membership into the United Nations. UN agencies first became engaged in Mongolia in the early 1960s. Today, 11 agencies are working with Mongolians to achieve the country's development goals and to improve the lives of all Mongolians.

Монгол Улс Нэгдсэн Үндэстний Байгууллагад элссэний 50 жилийн ойг тохиолдуулан Монгол Улсын Засгийн газар, монголын ард түмэнд чин сэтгэлийн халуун баяр хүргэе. НҮБ-ын системийн байгууллагууд анх 1960-аад оны эхэн үеэс Монгол оронд ажиллаж эхэлсэн билээ. Өнөөдөр 11 байгууллага Монгол орны хөгжлийн зорилтуудыг хэрэгжүүлэх, нийт ард түмний амьдралыг сайжруулахад монголчуудтай хамтран ажиллаж байна.

UNDP ADMINISTRATOR HELEN CLARK WITH A FELT PROCESSING ENTREPRENEUR WHO IS PART OF THE ENTERPRISE MONGOLIA PROJECT. (CREDIT: UNDP)

Ulaanbaatar - The revenue generated from Mongolia’s abundant natural resources should benefit all of its citizens, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said today wrapping up her three-day official visit to the country. 

“I am convinced that natural resources can drive human development if they are managed in transparent, inclusive, and sustainable ways,” Clark said today at an international conference on extractive industries.

UNDP ADMINISTRATOR HELEN CLARK MEETS A HERDER FAMILY IN HUSTAI NATIONAL PARK. (CREDIT: UNDP)
Ulaanbaatar - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark traveled 100 kilometres west of Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, today to Hustai National Park to meet with herders, women entrepreneurs, representatives from the national Chamber of Commerce and other beneficiaries and partners of UNDP programmes in the country. Inside a cluster of gers, which are Mongolian traditional round felt dwellings, Helen Clark toured a range of UNDP project exhibitions and spoke with those who have been involved with the initiatives in the areas of environment, livelihood creation and local governance.

The revenue generated from Mongolia’s abundant natural resources should benefit all of its citizens, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said today wrapping up her three-day official visit to the country. 
“I am convinced that natural resources can drive human development if they are managed in transparent, inclusive, and sustainable ways,” Clark said today at an international conference on extractive industries. “UNDP exists to support human development, and we want to see the wealth that a country has actually flow through to lift living standards on a more uniform basis,” she added.  “We’ve seen so many cases where extractive industry booms generate a lot of GDP growth and wealth, but it doesn’t affect poverty reduction.”

Монгол Улсын Засгийн Газар болон Нэгдсэн Үндэсний Байгууллагын Хөгжлийн хөтөлбөрөөс хамтран зохион байгуулж байгаа энэхүү бага хурлаар бид улс орнууд олборлох аж үйлдвэрийн салбараа удирдан зохицуулсан олон янзын арга зам, баялаг туршлагыг хуваалцаж, уул уурхайн салбарын хуримтлуулсан баялгийг хүний тогтвортой хөгжилд хамгийн оновчтой хэрхэн зориулж болох тухай хэлэлцэх болно. 

Эрдэс, шатахууны экспорт нь Австрали, Канад, Норвег зэрэг өндөр хөгжсөн зарим улс орны эдийн засагт чухал байр эзэлдэг нь үнэн хэдий ч байгалийн баялаг экспортлогч орнуудын дийлэнх нь хөгжиж буй ертөнцийн орнууд байгааг анхаарах хэрэгтэй.

This conference has been convened by the Government of Mongolia and UNDP to discuss the different ways in which countries have handled their extractive industries’ sectors, and how the wealth those sectors generate can best be used to support sustainable human development. 

Media Advisory: Mongolia to hold Extractive Industries Conference on mining and reducing poverty – October 20-21 17 October 2011 United Nations Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark arrives tomorrow to Ulaanbaatar on an official three-day visit to Mongolia, her first time here as head of UNDP. Her October 18-20 visit will begin with meetings with Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold and representatives from government ministries, non-governmental organizations, representatives of partner agencies and UN organizations. read more... Media Advisory: Mongolia to hold Extractive Industries Conference on mining and reducing poverty – October 20-21 15 October 2011 The Government of Mongolia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will host an international conference on Avoiding the Resource Curse: Management Extractive Industries for Human Development from 20-21 October in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. read more...

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