SPEAKER MEETS MS SEZIN SINANOGLU

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold Monday received Ms Sezin Sinanoglu, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, in connection with her returning home due to a completion of mission here. Thanking the Speaker for an audience, Ms Sinanoglu expressed her satisfaction with fruitful implementation of the projects “Strengthening potential of self-governing bodies of localities” and “Supporting the legislative process with civil participation” which are being co-implemented by the Standing committee on state structure and the Parliamentary Office. Ms Sinanoglu said working in Mongolia was great honor, and added her works in last five years in Mongolia was effective. The Speaker pointed out that a conclusion and advice from an independent group of experts have been issued for the first time on monitoring the Constitution’s implementation in frames of the projects on refining upon the legislative process and fortifying the potential of local self-governing bodies. He emphasized an importance of creating a national training mechanism with an aim to enhancing the local self-governing bodies. Expressing the satisfaction with an intensive development of the Mongolia-UN ties, the Speaker said the UN is a partner of Mongolia to support the country’s socio-economic and developmental goals. The Speaker congratulated Ms Sinanoglu on successful fulfillment of her mission in Mongolia, and wished her success and all the best. Present at the meeting were A.Bakei, head of the Standing committee on state structure; B.Boldbaatar, head of the Parliamentary Office; and other officials.