Mongolian FM addresses regular session of UNHRC

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Purevsuren Wednesday delivered a speech at a high-level discussion of the 31st regular session of the Human Rights Council, which kicked off February 29 in Geneva of Switzerland. Purevsuren thanked the UN members for voting for Mongolia to become a member of the UNHRC, and underlined that Mongolia wants to put all efforts to protect and support human rights at international level, within the office term. He said the priorities will be an ensuring of the gender equality, protecting rights of the disabled, children and women, combating human trafficking and racial discrimination, and backing of the freedom of expressing views and associations. He also pointed out that Mongolia gained achievements in working out and approving of legal documents on ensuring human rights in frames of the legal reforms launched in 2012, for example, Mongolia has fully abolished the capital punishment through the new law on crime. During the UNHRC session, the FM met with Mr Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Purevsuren said Mongolia wants to make closer the cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). "It is a big responsibility to be a member of the UNHRC, Mongolia is ready to contribute to the formation of the democracy and human rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan, and to share its experiences with them". Mr Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein congratulated Mongolia on being elected the member of the UNHRC and said the UNHRC aspires to collaborate with Mongolia in protecting and cherishing human rights.