With MCC funding MCA-Mongolia implements six projects to achieve the
objectives of the Compact agreement which was signed between the
Mongolian and US governments on October 2007.
A member of staff of Erdenes Tavantolgoi the largest state owned
company, S.Erdene, has been on a hunger strike since Friday April 26th
opposing poor labor conditions and extra hours without pay.
Over the past few days, Southern (Inner) Mongolian netizens strongly
protested disparaging comments about Mongolians by Mr. Gao Xiaosong, a
well known Chinese talk show host, musician and composer.
The Mongolian State History Museum opened an exhibition on “the Hunnu`s
cultural heritage and civilization”, celebrating the anniversary of 2222
years of the establishment of the Hunnu Empire on Thursday April 25th.
The first World Conference of People of Mongol Origin was held in
Katmandu in Nepal on April 4th. The Ulaanbaatar based World Centre for
People of Mongol Origin and the Indigenous Mongoloid Republican Forum of
Nepal jointly held the conference.