MONGOLIA RUNS FIFTH MEETING OF CD'S GOVERNING COUNCIL

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Mongolia organized the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies /CD/ at the headquarters of the United Nations during the 67th Session of the General Assembly. As known, Mongolia is heading the CD. The gathered discussed several matters and made decisions. For example, a seventh Ministerial conference of the CD will run in Mongolia in April 29 of 2013. Related to it, some important actions are to have place prior such as Parliament forum, Women's forum, Youth's forum, Civil society forum, Business democracy forum. The Ministerial conference is expected to be attended by over 140 countries. Another important agenda was a situation around Mali. The gathered appealed to Mali to restore the democracy. Several officials addressed the meeting such FMs of Mongolia and Chile, Vice-minister of Foreign affairs of Italy, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, and the Assistant Secretary of State Department of the United States of America. The gathered highly spoke Mongolia's leadership in the CD and expressed a willingness to cooperate more in all activities. The forum was chaired by S.Badral, the special envoy of Mongolia. Ch.Enkhtuya