The Minister of Foreign Affairs, L.Bold made a statement today, April 24th about the upcoming event, the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies that is happening on 27th to 29th April 2013 in Ulaanbaatar.

Burma”s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, the youngest Noble Peace Laureate, Yemeni activist, Tawakkol Karman, and 1,215 representatives including leaders and presidents from 104 countries are expected to attend at the conference.

The Community of Democracies is an intergovernmental organization established in 2000 with 150 member countries worldwide. The Community works to strengthen democracy by providing support to emerging democracies and civil society. This is the second year that Mongolia has held the chairmanship of the Community.

Mongolia has established a Governing Council consisting of 25 members and an executive committee and was appointed the first Secretary General of the Community.

Mongolia also held the chairmanship of the Community of Democracies in 2011 at the Vilnius Ministerial Conference.

In September 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, the 191 member countries of the United Nations agreed to a set of eight Millennium Development Goals for the world’s poor nations. The International community will summarize the fulfillment of Millennium Development Goals in 2015 to decide on the targets for the next goals. The Democracy Partnership methodology and the next challenging tasks will be considered during the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies.