MONGOLIAN AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES GENERAL DEBATE OF 69TH UN GA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Permanent representative of Mongolia to the UN Ambassador O.Och has attended the General debate of the 69th UN GA to expressed Mongolia’s position over international security and disarmament. The Ambassador noted that Mongolia considers the maintenance of international security, disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons as an important objective of the multilateral cooperation. The country has been working to contribute in the strengthening of the international security. Mongolia--on the occasion of the International Day for Distraction for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons--will join the Ministerial statement, approving of the results of the UNGA summit on September 26 and the seventh Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-ban Treaty (CTBT), he said. Mentioning a necessity of forwarding the talks on disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, the Permanent representative has expressed his belief that the upcoming in 2015 Conference on results of the Treaty of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will take decisive steps and bring achievements. He also informed about Mongolia’s leadership at the upcoming conference and expressed an expectation for decisive measures from the member-countries of NPT. “Mongolia prepares two draft resolutions to the 69th session of the UN GA on matters of international security, nuclear weapon free status, and nuclear weapon free regions,” he said and appealed to all to support these drafts.