International Master of Sport B.Sumiya made Olympic history by earning Mongolia’s first gold medal in a Winter Olympics competition. – sadly this was not Pyongchang.

The 21st meeting of the Russian-Mongolian Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation was held in Moscow on February 28, 2018.

The decision that adopted the Paris agreement agreed to convene the Facilitate Dialogue in 2018, which has to evaluate collective progress towards meeting the Paris agreement goals, providing guidance to governments as they update their national determined contributions (NDC’s) before 2020, and prepare low carbon development strategies.

The Mongolian government has approved a resolution to ban the burning of low-grade coal in Ulaanbaatar city 15 May 2019.

The Embassy of the United States in Mongolia launched a social campaign against Ulaanbaatar air pollution on 27 February.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver is currently in Mongolia for talks.

The Ulaanbaatar Capital City Youth Development Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Mongolian Bodybuilding and Fitness Association to discount prices of 10-50 percent for all UB citizens.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March every year. It commemorates the movement for women’s rights.

Bloomberg TV Mongolia has organised a forum entitled ‘Smogless Ulaanbaatar-2’ at the capital’s Blue Sky hotel. This is the second forum to be held this year and is being co-organised by the Ministry of Construction & Urban Development and the Mongolian Mortgage Corporation HFC LLC.

Since sending two military observers in 2002, Mongolia has been being a significant contributor to UN peacekeeping missions as well as contributing to non-UN operations.