As a member of the United Nations, the Mongolian President attends the session every year. This year, however, acting Foreign Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil is participating in the session instead of President Kh.Battulga.

According to A.Tleikhan, director of the Energy Regulatory Commission, energy sector debts have decreased by 16.8 percent from MNT 41.6 billion to MNT 34.6 billion.

Over the last ten years, the number of cars on Mongolia’s roads has quadrupled.

Mongolia has become the first country to join the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) “BreatheLife” campaign in an effort to combat air pollution in Ulaanbaatar.

The fourth meeting of the Joint Belarusian-Mongolian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation took place on 18th of September. The meeting was held in the Belarus capital Minsk.

Under its Sustainable Tourism Project, Mongolia aims receive a million tourists in the next few years. Discussion on this initiative was held at the National Development Institute of Mongolia (NDIM) on 18th of September.

The ‘Ulaanbaatar: Happy City’ brand was officially introduced today (19th of September) during a regular meeting of City Mayor’s council. The brand is to be used as an icon of the Mongolian capital on all souvenirs and events.

Entitled ‘Green Economy & Trade Opportunity’, a forum was held in Ulaanbaatar on 19th of September. During the event, the UN Environmental Programme’s “Partnership for Action on the Green Economy”, better known as “PAGE”, announced that they will support a total of 6000 Mongolian green agricultural enterprises.

The Mongolian baritone G.Ariunbaatar was named joint winner of the BBC’s prestigious “Cardiff Singer of the World” competition.

The Mongolian boxer N.Tugstogt, nicknamed “King Tug”, has delayed his eighth professional fight because of an arm injury.