Mongolia’s joining UN secured 200 countries’ recognition of our independence

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Fifty five years ago, on this day, Mongolia officially joined the United Nations as its 101st member. Becoming a member of the United Nations was for Mongolia an essential mean to gain recognition of its independence from all UN member states. About 200 countries throughout the world have recognized Mongolia as an independent country, which was supposedly the biggest accomplishment of socialist times of Mongolia. After the victories of Liberation Movement in 1911 and People’s Revolution in 1921, and even after the adoption of Mongolia’s first constitution in 1926, our two neighbors did not rush to declare their recognitions of Mongolia’s sovereignty until the year of 1946. For long 15 years, Mongolia was taking tremendous endeavors for entering the United Nations by keeping on submiting its applications reiteratedly. Mongolia now maintains diplomatic ties with 173 countries and is a party to 70 intergovernmental organizations and 240 international agreements, treaties and conventions. Four of the UN Secretary Generals have paid visits to Mongolia. Our country has deployed more than 900 servicemen for UN peacekeeping operations.