CABINET MEETING IN BRIEF

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The cabinet meeting held on Wednesday approved a plan of realizing the basic guideline of Mongolian socio-economic development for 2012. In frames of the 21 basic purposes, 145 goals have been reflected in the basic guideline, and it has been passed by parliament. - Related Ministers were ordered to make a clarification on the next year's budget in order to grant apartments to the remaining war veterans. As of today, 77 war veterans have received cash money, and 1,543 veterans-apartments. - Initiated by the State Head, a draft amendment to the law on prohibit of granting new special licenses of mineral exploration was backed in principle by the cabinet. Some proposals will be conveyed to the initiator. - The cabinet discussed a draft amendment to the law on donors and then decided to submit it to the State Great Khural, reflecting proposals from some MPs. The cabinet also discussed and backed a matter on joining the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Convention. It will be consulted with a related Standing committee of parliament. - The fund of historical and cultural valuables accepted a number of antique paper money and coins related to Yuan Dynasty and the Great Mongolian Empire. B.Khuder