6Apr/11Off
MONGOLIA: UNFPA Regional Director Visits
Unuudur and Udriin sonin reported on 6 April that from 4-8 April, Nobuko Horibe, UNFPA APRO Director paid an official visit to Mongolia. During the visit, she met with various government leaders and participated in UNFPA’s donation of medical and transport supplies to serve the country’s rural communities. Among the topics she discussed with government officials were the country's current demographic situation, where she noted Mongolia's progress on MDGs 4, 5, and 6. However, she warned of the dangers of MDG 3, gender equality, lagging behind and direct linkages of this MDG to a country's ability to achieve MDGs 1, poverty reduction and MDG 7, environment.