MONGOLIA AND S.KOREA LOBBY GROUPS AND UNICEF REP DISCUSS CHILD PROTECTION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On Monday, head of the lobby for supporting the children’s protection and family development S.Odontuya MP and head of the Standing committee on social policy, education, culture and sciences D.Battsogt MP received the visiting delegates from the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea and the permanent representative of the UNICEF to Mongolia Mr Roberto Benes. The sides discussed about the protection of children’s rights and agreed to expand cooperation in safeguarding children’s health, access to education and child protection. Among the S.Korean delegates were the head of the National Assembly’s lobby group for children and family. He congratulated on founding of such a lobby group in Mongolian parliament and shared his experiences. The lobby group in the National Assembly of S.Korea consists of 66 members of parliament, and had gained abundance of experiences in the field since its establishment in 1989, he said. The UNICEF representative Roberto Benes underlined that the lobby group can make great contributions to the parliament in prioritizing children’s rights and increasing the investment in the child protection, and said he will by all means support the inter-parliamentary relations between Mongolia and the Republic of Korea.