Mongolia-UN partnership to be geared to three key areas in 2023-2027

Densmaa 2022-03-22 03:03

Politics

A joint meeting of the Government of Mongolia and UN Mongolia took place on March 17 at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

A joint meeting of the Government of Mongolia and UN Mongolia took place on March 17 at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, with participation of representatives from government organizations, private sector and civil societies and UN Mongolia. The meeting was chaired by the ministry’s State Secretary N. Ankhbayar and UN Resident Coordinator Tapan Mishra. The meeting discussed the progress of developing the ‘United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027’ to be implemented in Mongolia. In particular, the UN Mongolia presented a comprehensive and consolidated mapping of the potential contribution, capacity, expertise and resources by each UN agency in the country to contribute to the implementation of the UNSDCF. In the next five years, Mongolia-UN partnership will be implemented in three key priority areas: human development and well-being, green, inclusive and sustainable growth, people-centered governance, the rule of law and human rights. More than 20 specialized organizations and UN agencies including UNDP, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, UNFAO and UNESCO will collaborate to ensure the activities reflected in the Cooperation Framework. Participants shared their views and expressed interest in working together over the next five years to be more effective, to be non-recipient partner, to ensure equal participation of parties, to continue youth engagement, to achieve tangible results, to strengthen evidence-based policy capacity as well as to streamline budget planning and allocation. The United Nations is working to finalize a draft Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Mongolia to be implemented from 2023 to 2027 in April this year and present it to the Government.