An International Conference on Mongolian Studies organized by the Embassy of Mongolia in USA, and the Mongolia Cultural Center (MCC) in Washington DC was successfully held in Washington, USA between May 2^nd and 4^th. The International Conference on Mongolian Studies was attended by over 50 delegates and was held at the Embassy of Mongolia in USA.

At the conference over 20 scholars from Mongolia, USA, Russia and South Korea were invited to four session meetings on the history of Mongolia, literacy, challenging issues and education with key speeches and presentations.

Ambassador of Mongolia, B.Altangerel, in his speech pointed the Government`s attention to the development of Mongolian studies abroad and expressed the hope that the newly established fund to support Mongolian studies would make great impact.

In the past the former International Conferences on Mongolian Studies focused on history, archeology, literacy and linguistics, but this year the key agenda of the conference was socio-economic changes in Mongolia, its impacts, gains and losses and summaries.

One of the session meetings during the conference was dedicated to the prominent scholar Khangin Gombojav who founded Mongolian studies in the USA and played a key role for Mongolia to join the UN and establish diplomatic relations with many other countries.

Organizers of the conference also guided the delegation to the Library of the United States Congress to introduce them to the Mongolian sutra collection kept there.

The head of the Mongolia Cultural Center, M.Saruul-Erdene, showed the delegates original texts of Mongolia`s legislation from the 1920s from his private collection.