Today the President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Eldegdorj who is visiting New-York to attend the 70th session of the United Nations General assembly made a statement at the UN Summit on Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.   

President noted in his statement that "This time, the international community has produced a history-making document. The entire family of the United Nations agreed on the roadmap towards sustainable development. Now the humanity has a truly universal, ambitious action plan for upcoming 15 years. Never before in a human history was such a universal and unanimous agreement reached. We agreed on urgent targets, on a broad range of economic and social challenges and on environmental exigencies".

Further, he highlighted "Mongolia’s commitment to international cooperation remains strong. The success of the Sustainable Development Goals will mainly depend on: a revitalized global partnership, an active engagement of governments as well as the resilience of and synergy with civil society and the private sector". "We need to mobilize our full potential to achieve the primary purpose of the founding of the United Nations, i.e. promotion of peace, respect for human rights, and inclusive economic and social development" he added.

On Friday 25th September a plenary session on Post-2015 Summit was addressed by His Holiness Pope Francis followed by some heads of states and governments such as Germany, India, Croatia, Finland, Egypt, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Chile and El Salvador.  

PERMANENT MISSION OF MONGOLIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS

September 26, 2015