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Revival of Urban and Rural Areas: ‘New ring road’ to be established www.montsame.mn

During the discussion on ‘Revival of Urban and Rural Areas’ held ahead of the Mongolian Economic Forum 2022, Governor of the Capital City and the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar D. Sumiyabazar announced that a total of 26 measures in nine types of operations are planned to be implemented in Ulaanbaatar city.
These include as follows:
With the expansion and renovation works of main road network, the traffic congestion index will be reduced by 15-20 percent and road capacity will be increased by 35 percent.
With the introduction of the unified smart system for traffic management and control, it will become possible to create a real-time information system of the traffic situation.
The introduction of a new type of high-capacity public transport will increase the number of passengers by 30 percent compared to 2020 and reduce traffic movement by 50,000-60,000 vehicles.
Legal framework for tax incentives will be improved for entities that have taken measures to reduce congestion.
In its framework, ‘New ring road’ connecting city’s sub-centers will be established. Construction of a 71.5 km long ring road with 11 multi-level intersections will reduce traffic congestion by 15-20 percent.
For decentralization of the capital city, the construction work of sub-centers will be intensified alongside building basic infrastructure. Within this frame, it plans to complete the construction work of sub-centers being implemented with foreign loan and grant and establish four new sub-center and seven public centers.
Moreover, it plans to accelerate construction works of new residential areas, free economic zones and satellite cities. Governor D. Sumiyabazar emphasized that the comprehensive plan is being developed to solve the problems faced by not only Ulaanbaatar city but also rural areas within the framework of the ‘Revival of Urban and Rural Areas’ policy.
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Teen boy admits killing Mongolian woman in Dublin last year www.independent.ie

A teenage boy has today admitted killing Mongolian woman Urantsetseg Tserendorj in Dublin city centre last year.
The boy – who is now 16-years-old and cannot be named because he is a minor – pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the murder of Ms Tserendorj but guilty to her manslaughter on January 29, 2021.
At the court on Dublin's Parkgate Street this afternoon, he also pleaded guilty to producing a knife and to attempting to rob Ms Tserendorj on a walkway between George’s Dock and Custom House Quay in the IFSC, Dublin on January 20, 2021.
The plea of manslaughter was not accepted by the State however, and the boy will stand trial for Ms Teserendorj’s murder later this week.
A jury of seven women and five men has been selected to hear the case, which has been scheduled to begin on Wednesday before Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring.
It is expected that the trial will last eight days.
Ms Tserendorj was originally from Mongolia but had been living in Ireland for several years and worked as a cleaner.
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Implementation of government action plan assessed at 74.5 percent www.montsame.mn

At its meeting on March 28, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industrial Policy held a discussion on the implementation of the general guidelines for the country’s development in 2021-2025, and the implementation of the Government Action Plan for 2020-2024.
The plan to implement the Government Action Plan for 2020-2024 was approved by the resolution No.203 dated December 09, 2020. During the meeting of the Standing Committee, Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan informed that the implementation of the action plan was assessed to be at 74.5 percent as of 2021.
In terms of policy, its implementation in dealing with socio-economic issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is currently at 88 percent, and human development policy is at 78.5 percent, while economic policy is at 70.9 percent, governance policy is at 76.6 percent, green development policy is at 65 percent, capital city and region, local development policy is at 79 percent, respectively.
Within the framework of nine goals and 47 objectives set out in the five-year general guidelines for the development of Mongolia in 2021-2025, a total of 243 works are planned to be carried out. In 2021, the progress of these works was at 79.3 percent on average in accordance with the procedure approved through Government resolution No.206 in 2020.
During the meeting, Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan also presented the major goals and measures being effectively implemented within the framework of the Government Action Plan and five-year general guidelines for the development of Mongolia in 2021-2025. In particular, the government paid a certain amount of utility bills (electricity, heating, and water bills) of households to provide support the people’s livelihood amid the pandemic. Moreover, monthly child allowance was raised to MNT 100 thousand, while a one-time cash grant of MNT 300 thousand was given to each citizen and MNT 50,000 was given to vaccinated citizens.
Since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, 69.8 percent of the citizens in the capital city have received the first dose of the vaccine, while 66.8 percent have been fully vaccinated and 31.6 percent have received their third jabs. In addition, 3.4 percent of the country’s total population have received the fourth vaccine dose. A total of 36,330 Mongolian citizens have returned to their home country since repatriation works were launched.
A total of MNT 1.9 billion were given out as loans in order to support employment as part of the ‘MNT 10 trillion Comprehensive Plan for Health Protection and Economic Recovery’. Additionally, MNT 789.8 billion has been provided under repo financing loans, alongside MNT 925 billion in mortgage loans, and MNT 384.2 billion to support agriculture and herders.
In the past year, 40 kindergartens, 32 schools, 5 school gyms and 12 dormitories were commissioned. In addition, the capacity of the Fourth Thermal Power Plant was increased by 46 MW. Oyu Tolgoi’s underground mining operations have also commenced on January 22, 2022.
With the integration of 562 public services into the E-Mongolia system, significant progress has been made in delivering public services without bureaucracy, making them more accessible, transparent and easy.
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U. Khurelsukh: Mongolia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7 percent by 2030 www.montsame.mn

Ahead of the Mongolian Economic Forum 2022, discussions are taking place on six main topics for the ‘New Revival Policy’ being implemented by the Government of Mongolia.
Today, March 29, a two-day panel discussion ‘Green Finance Regional Forum’ has started at State House.
President U. Khurelsukh delivered an opening remarks. In his remarks, the President stressed, “Over the past 170 years, global surface temperatures have risen by 1.09 percent, and many biological species are becoming extinct. Mongolia emits 0.1 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but is one of the countries that are most affected by climate change.
Specifically, climate change has intensified over the past 80 years in Mongolia, with the average air temperature increasing by 2.25 degrees, which is twice the world average. In Mongolia, 76.9 percent or 120 million hectares of the total territory is affected by desertification, and half of the total area is classified as severely desertified.
Compared to 1990, the number of climate change-related natural disasters has tripled in Mongolia in the last decade.”
In addition, the President said, “66 countries in the world have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. In the document dated 2016, Mongolia set a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 22.7 percent by 2030. During the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 held in Glasgow, UK, Mongolia announced that it is possible to increase the target level to 27.2 percent by way of introducing advanced technology and innovation and increasing green financing.”
“With aims to increase renewable energy and further improve energy supply in Northeast Asia, Mongolia supports the Asia Super Grid Initiative and is cooperating with countries in the region using abundant solar and wind resources.”
He also emphasized that a national movement is underway to plant and grow a billion trees by 2030 with a purpose to increase greenhouse gas absorption, reduce soil degradation and prevent water scarcity.
“Experts consider that the One Billion Trees movement will have a significant impact on reducing dust storms that are causing ecological and health threats not only in Asia but also in the Americas.
The movement will have multiple socio-economic benefits such as creation of jobs, reduction of poverty, improvement of food supply, increased production of seedling, fertilizers and pesticides as well as others. Mongolia made a decision to allocate at least one percent of its GDP each year for combating desertification.”
In the end of his speech, the President noted, “The main goal of today’s forum is to strengthen the regional cooperation and interaction, and increase green financing,” stressing the great importance of the leadership of international investors and domestic financial sector to finance the green development.
The suggestions and recommendations put forth during the forum are to be presented during the plenary session of the Mongolian Economic Forum to be held on April 7-8.
The Office of the President of Mongolia, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the Mongolian Sustainable Finance Association are organizing the forum, with support from the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Mongolia, Financial Regulatory Commission, Mongolian Bankers Association, International Finance Corporation, United Nations Development Programme, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and MONTSAME Agency.
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Mongolia's capital to plant at least 120 mln trees by 2030: mayor www.xinhuanet.com

At least 120 million trees will be planted here by 2030, the Mongolian capital's mayor announced on Monday.
"We are planning to plant at least 120 million trees in the capital city by 2030 within the framework of the 'Billion Trees' national tree-planting campaign initiated by Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh," mayor Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar said at a meeting.
The nationwide tree-planting campaign was officially launched last year as president Khurelsukh told the United Nations General Assembly that the country aims to combat climate change and desertification through the campaign.
Forest only covers 7.9 percent of Mongolia's 1,564,116 square km of land currently.
Around 77 percent of the country's total territory has been affected by desertification and land degradation, according to the country's Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
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Paleolithic People in Mongolia May Have Consumed Giant Camel www.archaeology.org

TUCSON, ARIZONA—Camelus knoblochi, a species of giant two-humped camel, survived in Mongolia alongside modern humans—and perhaps Neanderthals and Denisovans—until about 27,000 years ago, according to a statement released by Frontiers. Fossilized remains of the giant camel have been found in Tsagaan Agui Cave alongside artifacts left behind by Paleolithic people. One metacarpal bone, dated to between 59,000 and 44,000 years ago, bears butchery marks and marks made by gnawing hyenas, said Arina M. Khatsenovich of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Humans may have hunted or scavenged giant camels, she explained. John W. Olsen of the University of Arizona added that the drying of the climate, hunting by humans, and competition with Camelus ferus, the wild Bactrian camel, all may have contributed to the extinction. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Frontiers in Earth Science. To read about camel reliefs dating to the mid-sixth millennium B.C. in northern Saudi Arabia, go to "Oldest Animal Art," one of ARCHAEOLOGY's Top 10 Discoveries of 2021.

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Centerra Gold, Kyrgyzstan closer to solving dispute over Kumtor www.mining.com

Canada’s Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) is closer to settling a dispute triggered by Kyrgyzstan’s expropriation of the company’s giant Kumtor gold mine in 2021, after the country’s ministers backed on Monday the government’s decision to solve the issue.
Negotiations on the exact terms of the new agreement are still ongoing, the Toronto-based miner said on Monday, adding that there was no guarantee of any proposed deal being completed.
The gold miner and the Kyrgyz government have clashed over financial and environmental issues related to the mine for years. Their standoff took a turn for the worse in May 2021, when the nation took control of the mine, alleging that the company was running it in a way that was detrimental to both the environment and nearby communities.
Centerra, which has denied all the allegations, kicked off arbitration shortly after and sued former director Tengiz Bolturuk, claiming that the dual Canadian and Kyrgyz citizen had secretly co-operated to stage the expropriation.
The company had laid out a framework earlier this year for resolving the dispute outside of court. In it, Centerra proposed to receive about 26.1% of its common stock held by local gold refiner Kyrgyzaltyn JSC. It also said the state should assume all responsibility for the company’s two Kyrgyz subsidiaries as well as the giant mine.
Kumtor, which accounts for a fifth of the ex-Soviet country’s total industrial output, was the largest of Centerra’s gold mines, contributing to more than 50% of the company’s total output.
The operation is also crucial to Kyrgyzstan, as it is the country’s largest private-sector employer, taxpayer, and main foreign investment. Between 1997 and 2020, it produced more than 13.2 million ounces of gold, with last year’s output slightly over 556,000 ounces.
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UNFPA Mongolia welcomes new Head of Office www.montsame.mn

Dr. Khalid Sharifi has taken up his appointment as Head of Office for UNFPA Mongolia Country Office on 22 March 2022.
Prior to his appointment as Head of Office for UNFPA in Mongolia, Khalid served as UNFPA Assistant Representative in Afghanistan since July 2018. Before that, Khalid served as Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Specialist in UNFPA Afghanistan for more than three years.
Prior to joining UNFPA, Khalid worked for Afghan NGOs to implement the Primary and Secondary Health Care program in Afghanistan in the capacity of Managing Director, Health
Director, and Program Manager for more than ten years. Before that, Khalid served the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Afghan Red Crescent Society for around nine years and practised clinical medicine at Kabul National Hospitals for four years as a pediatrician.
An Afghan national, Khalid holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Royal Tropical Institute (VU University) in the Netherlands and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Management from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Basel University) in Switzerland, and a Medical Doctor degree from Kabul Medical University.
UNFPA Mongolia
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B.Battushig elected as a President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee www.news.mn

Today (28 March), the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) has held Olympic assembly. At the closed meeting of the Executive Committee of MNOC, B.Battushig was elected as a President of the organisation. He has served as a First Vice President of the MNOC since 2017. Furthermore, B.Battushig is currently serving a member of the International Olympic Committee.
Three people including B.Battushig competed in the election for the top seat of MNOC. However, former President of Mongolia, Kh.Battulga pulled out of the race at the beginning of the election. Therefore, Z.Munkh-Ochir, a President of the Mongolian Biathlon Association competed against B.Battushig.
Battushig has started his journey in the Olympic community in 2015. He was first elected as a President of Mongolia’s Badminton Federation followed by his nomination and election to be a council member of Badminton World Federation. This was the first time a Mongolian national being elected to an executive position of an international sports federation. After being actively involved in the Olympic community, in 2017 he was elected First Vice President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee becoming the youngest person to hold this position in Mongolia.
Last year, N.Tuvshinbayar, former President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC), has jailed for an assault that killed the victim. Therefore, he was suspended from the post of MNOC president. He was elected unopposed as President of the MNOC, which this year celebrates its 65th anniversary, in August 2020.
N.Tuvshinbayar replaced D.Zagdsuren, who had held the post for 19 years, at an Extraordinary General Assembly of the MNOC.
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Shanghai Covid: Oil prices fall after city starts lockdown www.bbc.com

Global oil prices have fallen as China starts to implement a city-wide lockdown in Shanghai, an important financial and manufacturing hub.
Brent crude lost more than $4 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand for oil will fall.
The Shanghai Composite stock index fell in early trade before regaining most of the losses later in the morning.
The lockdown, which began on Monday, is China's largest since the coronavirus outbreak began more than two years ago.
The futures contract for Brent crude - an international benchmark for oil prices - was down by 3.8% at $116.
Despite the fall, oil remains almost 80% higher than it was a year ago after the war in Ukraine helped to drive up prices.
Traders were concerned about the effectiveness of China's zero-tolerance policy towards Covid, said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.
'Tip of the iceberg'
Mr Innes also said in a note to investors that there were expectations of further supply chain disruptions as well as a fall in demand.
"We might be only dealing with the tip of the iceberg," he said.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Composite stock index opened lower on Monday before rebounding to trade down by just 0.16% in Asia afternoon trade.
Until now, Chinese authorities had resisted locking down the city of almost 25 million people to avoid destabilising the world's second largest economy.
The city will be locked down in two stages over nine days while authorities carry out Covid-19 testing.
The key financial centre has battled a new wave of infections for nearly a month, although case numbers are not high by some international standards.
It comes after lockdowns in China affected tens of millions of people across the country earlier this month, including the entire Jilin province and the technology hub of Shenzhen.
Shanghai's public transport has been suspended and firms and factories in the city have been ordered to halt operations or work remotely.
The lockdown will take place in two stages, starting on Monday with the eastern side of Shanghai, which includes the city's financial centre.
From Friday, the western side of Shanghai is scheduled to go into lockdown.
This staggered approach means that half of the city will be able to remain open.
Some businesses had already stopped operating in Shanghai, which has been battling a new wave of Covid infections for nearly a month.
Last week, the Shanghai Disney Resort said it would close until further notice, citing the "current pandemic situation".
"We will continue to monitor the pandemic situation and consult local authorities, and will notify guests as soon as we have a confirmed date to resume operations," it said.
Everyone east of its main river is now locked down. Another round of mass testing has started.
By the week's end the western half of the city will be shut.
Public transport is being closed and the city sealed off. Anyone leaving needs to show a negative test.
It is all part of a huge effort to try to stop the spread of a resurgent virus that China's leaders thought they had banished.
Anyone testing positive here is sent to hospital or forced quarantine.
As the numbers continue to rise China's insistence on a zero-Covid strategy is being tested - but also subtly adapted.
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