Resolutions initiated by Mongolia approved

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its plenary meeting on Thursday, the UN General Assembly session’s Social, Humanitarian Cultural Affairs Committee (Third Committee) approved draft resolutions initiated by Mongolia on “Education of literacy” and on “Role of co-operatives in social development” by a consensus. By another resolution initiated by Mongolia, the UN Literacy Decade (UNLD) was announced throughout the world between 2002 and 2012, and the UN members emphasized this document significantly contributed to improving literacy rate within the term. The new resolution on literacy shows an appeal for all to reflect in their developmental goals a clause on education of literacy. The resolution on education of literacy involved 85 countries as co-authors. The resolution on roles of co-operatives reflects articles and clauses on intergovernmental cooperation in developing and supporting co-operatives, improving people’s knowledge about co-operatives, and implementing specific programmes and policies on strengthening co-operatives. This resolution joins 77 UN members as co-authors.