B.Gangaamaa became the
first Mongolian woman to climb Mt. Everest when she reached the summit on May
21, according to reports received by the Mongolian Expeditions LLC, which sponsored
the expedition led by G.Usukhbayar who had climbed the world’s highest peak in
2007. Gangaamaa

The Shareholders’
Committee in the three Mongolia-Russia joint ventures — Ulaanbaatar Railway,
Mongolrostsvetmet and Erdenet Copper — held its annual meeting on May 19. It
reviewed last year’s work in the three units, the activity plan for 2011, and
also discussed projections for 2012.

The MPP’s standing committee on politics organized an
open meeting on May 20 to discussed the draft law under which elections are
expected to be held in 2012. There was wide support for the combined method
suggested in the draft, in place of

The Ministry of
Social Welfare and Labor is cooperating with the Ministries of Road,
Transportation and Urban Development and of Mineral Resources and Energy to
train professional workers to meet their needs. It has made a study of the
likely demand for skilled workers

Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Trade G.Zandanshatar is preparing a draft law to prohibit storage
or reprocessing of any other country’s spent nuclear fuel in Mongolia. The present
law is also quite categorical about this but the Minister feels further
assertion of Mongolia’s stance

The leader of the Ongi River Movement, Ts.Munkhbayar, has
said that President Ts.Elbegdorj has told them it was not possible to accept
the demands put forward by the alliance of two civil movements,   Gal
Undesten Union and United Movements for Rivers and Lakes.

Prime
Minister S.Batbold told Parliament on Friday that following the 30% raise in
minimum wages, the Government would consider paying salary and pension at increased
rates, but only after making a careful study of the whole issue. He was taking
part in a debate

Two Mongolian kickboxers won medals at the WPKA World
Championship in Kiev that ended on May 15. U.Turbayar (65 kg) won the gold
medal and B.Naadam (75 kg) the bronze. Naadam defeated opponents from Afghanistan
and Ukraine before withdrawing because of injury, but

Parliament on Friday discussed several draft laws, on
education, health, excise tax and on additional payment for state officials in remote
regions, including the Gobi. Members approved further discussion on the last.

The
draft identifies 170 soums of Bayan-Ulgii, Bayankhongor, Gobi-Altai, Zavkhan,
Uvs, Khovd,

A group of prosecutors led by the State Prosecutor
General, D.Dorligjav, visited Belgium, the Netherlands and European Union
offices on May 18 and 19. At a meeting in the Ministry of Justice of Belgium they
discussed cooperation between legal organizations of the two