M
N ew s in a flash
T
h e U N A ID S program m e inM o n g o lia h a s
h a dabusy autum n,according
to its N a-
tio n a l P ro je c t C o o rd in a to r,M s.E n k h ja rg a l.
T h e U N A ID S team h a s been reaping th eb e n -
e fitso f th ec o m b in e d U N agencies Inform a-
tio n , E d u c a tio n
a n dC o m m u n ic a tio n
(IE C )
stra te g y . A c tiv itie s h a v e b e e ni nfu ll s w in g
fo rth ep a s t fe wm onths, w ith h e a lthw o rk e rs
a tte n d in g term inology w orkshops (o fte n con-
fu s io n
o v e r te rm in o lo g yc a n le a dt o c o n fu -
s io n in IEC
a c tiv itie s ), w h ic hi s p a rto f th e
n a tio n a l IE C strategy. There have also been
aw areness raising sem inars w ith seniorp o - lic eo ffic ia lsa n d w ith s p e c ia l s q u a d s w ho are responsible fo r com m ercial sexw orkers. A nd
th in g slo o k
to beg e ttin g o n ly b u s ie r, w ith
W orldA id s D ay on D e c e m b e r 1 and a re v ie w
o fth eprogram m e a n d itsM em orandum
o f
U n d e rs ta n d in g to b e c o n d u c te d by D r. S te v e n
R rausa t th e e n d o f N ovem ber.
M ongol R a d ioisb r o a d c a s t i n g tw ice o n
M ondays (1 0 :3 0a m /7 :3 0 pm ) program -
m in g ons a f e sex andH IV /A ID S .
D
a rlin g so f d e v e lo p m e n t w o rk e rsi nA frica,
w in d -u p , battery-free radios
are now
a v a ila b lei n M o n g o lia .A jo in tB ritis h /M o n -
g o lia n c o m p a n yi s s e llin gth e ra d io s in the
1 ,0 0 0T h in g s
m arketa n d
in thep o p u la r
N om in
e le c tro n ic s
s to r e si n
U laanbaatar, Darkhana n d Erdenet.T h e radio's chiefa d - v a n ta g ei s th a ti t d o e s n 't n e e d b a tte rie sa n d c a n b er e c h a r g e d b ye ith e r a q u ic ktu rn o f th e cranko r through solar energy.T h e com pany i sa ls o s e llin ga b r ig h t y e llo w to rc h th a t a ls o a c ts as a s m a ll h a n d -h e ld e le c tric ity g e n e ra - to r.T h e d o w n s id e is itsre ta il p ric e :U S$ 8 1
fo rth era d io , th e
la n te rn is U S
$ 7 5 . B ill
M urraya d m its it is a h a rd
s e lljo b
t oc o n -
v in c e lo w -in c o m e M o n g o lia n s th e y w ill re a p th e savings over th elo n g ru n b y n o t h a v in g to b u yb a tte rie s . A n o th e r p ro b le m is th ec a s h -
le s se c o n o m y ." I c o u ld get a c o u p leo f s h e e p
fo rth e s e ,b u t I 'm
n o t sure w hat I 'd
d o w ith
a llth o s es h e e p ,"h e to ld the U B P o s t. " B u ti t
i sap ro b le m , n o tju s t fo r m e b u t fo ra n y b o d y
try in gtod is trib u tes t u f f -b o th th ed iffic u lty
o fm a k in g c o n ta c t a n d th ed iffic u lty
o f th e
e x c h a n g e , b e c a u s e m o s t p e o p le h a v e n 'tg o t
th ec a s h ." K eepi n m ind,th e radios are a great
g ift forfrie n d sliv in g in thec o u n try s id e .
J.
um enriv e r m e e tin g s c h e d u le dfo r O c to -
b e r 1 5 inU la a n b a a ta r w a sc a n c e lle d . A tth is
p o in t it isd iffic u lt to sayw hen them e e tin g
w illb er e - s c h e d u l e d , b u t m aybe in th ef i r s t
h a lf o f th e n e wy e a r . T h e Tum en R iv e r p ro je c t
is ana m b itio u s U N D P -s u p p o rte d s c h e m e to
b rin gtra d ea n d e c o n o m ic o p p o rtu n ity to the
c o u n trie s s itu a te d n e a r,o r c o n n e c te dto , th e
Tum en R iv e r b a s in .T h e p ro je c ti s a tte m p tin g
t ocoordinateth e governm ent'so f R ussia,
C h in a , N o rthK o re a and M o n g o lia . It ish o p e d
peoplei n these areas,b y w orking together,
w ill b ea b le to enjoy increased econom ic pros-
p e rity w ith access to a salt-w ater porti n N orth
K orea.
A llh u m a n rig h tsfo r a ll
F IF T IE T HA N N IV E R S A R Y
OF THE U N IV E R S A L
D E C L A R A T IO NO FH U M A N R IG H T S1 9 4 8-1 9 9 8
M o n g o liajo in sth e w o r ld w id e
c e le b r a tio n
B y
U yanga,
In fo r m a tio n
O ffic e r,
U n ite d
N a tio n s
H ig h
C o m m issio n e r fo r
H um an
R ig h ts
In te rn a l N e w s le tte r
o f U N D P 's P a rtn e rs h ip
fo rP ro g re s s
i nM o n g o lia
* Is s u e #9 *O c to b e r-N o v e m b e r
1 9 9 8
o n g o liah a s m a d e g re a t s trid e s in the
a re a
ofh u m a n rig h ts . B utlik e c o u n -
tries around th e w orld, D ecem ber 10 w ill be a
d a y tore m in d o u r s e lv e s w h a t c o n s titu te s h u -
m an
rig h ts
a n d
t o
a s s e s s
w hath a s
b e e n
a c h ie v e d . F iftyyears a g o th e U niversalD ecla-
ra tio no f H u m a n R ig h ts (U D H R ) w as a d o p te d
b y th e U NG eneralA ssem bly in1 9 4 8 .
C rafte d
in th eafterm ath o f th eb a rb a ri-
tie so f th e S e c o n d W o rld W a r, th e D e c la ra tio n
d e fin e sth efundam entalrig h ts a n dfre e d o m s
o f a llh u m a n b e in g s . E v e n th o u g h it is n o t a
b in d in g tre a ty ,th e d o c u m e n t is n o w w id e lyre -
g a rd e d as a q u a s i-o b lig a to ry set of s ta n d a rd s ,
and a g re a t m a n y s ta te s h a v e a c c e p te d le g a lly
b in d in go b lig a tio n s th ro u g h fo rm a l c o n v e n tio n s
th a t in c lu d e
th ec o n c e p ts
o f U D H R . M oreo-
ver, m any lim ite d -p u rp o s ec o n v e n tio n s are now
i ne f f e c t toa f f o r dp ro te c tio n a g a in s t ac o n s id -
erablev a rie tyo f hum an rights issues, sucha s
th o s e p ro h ib itin g fo rc e d la b o u ra n d ra c ia l d is -
c rim in a tio n , p ro v id in g e q u a l rig h ts fo r w o m e n
a n dth elik e .
T o d a y ,a n u m b e ro f h u m a n rig h ts a c tiv -
is ts , in d iv id u a lsa n d o rg a n is a tio n sa r e s tru g g lin g
tosto p o n g o in g v io la tio n o r d e p riv a tio n o f b a -
sic rights andfre e d o m s, e v e ry th in g fro m
th e
to rtu re , rapea n d corruptju d ic ia l system st o
b o n d e d la b o u r, h u n g e ra n dla c k
o fa c c e s s to
h e a lth services, housing,sanitation,w ater, etc.
T h e g lo b a l s tru g g le a g a in s t a tro c itie s ,a n d c o m -
m itm e n tto th e universal hum an rig h tsw a lk -
w aysa n dm u ra ls , a w a rd s h o n o u rin g n a tio n a l
hum an rig h tsh e r o e s a n d defenders, public read-
in g sa n dfu n dra is in g . M o n g o lia n s o fd iffe re n t
a g e ra n g e , b a c k g ro u n d sa n d re g io n sa r e jo in -
in gth ew o rldw idec e le b ra tio n o f th eju b ile e
b ydraw ing pictures, w riting essays,a n d attend-
in gconferences.T h e M ongolian governm ent
a n dtith eU n ite d N a tio n s c o u n tr y te a m
are to
s ig naM em orandum
ofU n d e rs ta n d in g on H u-
m anR ig h ts ,a d o c u m e n t w h ic h re a ffirm sa n d
s tre n g th e n sth eG overnm ent o f
M o n g o lia 's
com m itm enttop ro m o tio n a n dp ro te c tio n
o f
hum anrig h ts .
H u m a n R ig h ts c a le n d a r :
1 .
O ne
W orld
C onference
o n
H um an
R ig h ts , D ecem ber7 to 10
2 .
C h ild re n 's D ra w in g E x h ib itio n on hu-
m an
rig h ts ,s o n g
c o n te s to n
hum an
rig h tsth e m e s a n d" Im p le m e n ta tio n
o f
H um an
R ig h ts
in m yc o u n try "e s s a y
a m o n gla w s tu d e n ts , w ith
ro u n d -ta b le d is c u s s io n to be b ro a d c a s t on TV , D e- cem ber1 0
3 .
B roadcasting of a cartoono n U D H Ro n
M ongol TV,D ecem ber 11 and 12.
4 .
D is s e m in a tio n
o f th e
U D H R
te x ti n
"A rdynE rk h ",a n d "O noodor"
5 .
P u b lis h in go f(h e U D H R s im p lifie d v e r-
s io nfo rc h ild re n
6 .
T ra in in g
on, and
d is s e m in a tio n
o f
U D H R b o o k le tsto1 0 9 U B
s c h o o ls
7 .
D issem inationo f th e U D H R
b o o k le ts
to alls c h o o ls in the c o u n try
8 .
R a d iob r o a d c a s t so ne m p lo y m e n t d is-
c rim in a tio n ,
9 .
A m n e s ty In te rn a tio n a l B ig B o o k
s ig n -
in g
F or m ore inform ation
p le a s e c a ll M s .U y a n g a
a t U N C H R at3 2 1 6 7 6 . She cana ls o be reach ed
b ye m a ila tunchrm on@m a g ic n e t.m n .
N G O sG ET K U D O S FO R R A IS IN G
E N V IR O N M E N T A LAW ARENESS
M o n g o lia 'sE n v iro n m e n ta l
P u b lic
A w areness
P ro -
gram m e(E P A P ),f u n d e db y
U N D Pw ithD u tc hc o s t - s h a r -
in g ,
s in g le d out 22e n v iro n -
m e n ta l N G O sfo r aw ards
d u rin ga nO c to b e r 1 6 e v e n t.
T h e w in n e rs w erere c o g n is e d
fo rth e ire ffe c tiv e
w o rko n
p ro te c tin g
M o n g o lia 'sin -
c re a s in g lyth re a te n e d e n v i-
ro n m e n t.T h e program m e,w h ic h h a sb e e n ru n -
n in gfo r tw oy e a r s , is e x p e c te d to b ee x te n d e d a n -
o th e r tw oy e a r sw ith s u p p o r tfro m th eD u tc hg o v -
ernm entth ro u g h U N D P.T h ecerem ony to o k p la c e
in theb ig g e s t n o m a d icte n t
inth ec o u n t r
y '
a n c
*
w asm e
c u lm in a tio no f9 1s u c c e s s -
fu lly
im plem ented sm all
p ro je c ts . Thee v e n t w as a ls o
th e
la u n c h
o f th e
G reen
B o o k ,a c o lla b o ra tio no f
E P A P , th eU N D P M o n g o lia
C o m m u n ic a tio n sO ffice ,th e
E u r o p e a n
U n io n 'sT A C IS
p ro je c ta n d th eM in istry o f
N atu rea n dE n v iro n m e n t. T h e Green Book is a
h a n d b o o kfo r N G O s,o u tlin in g serious e n v iro n -
m e n ta l p rp b le m sa n d g iv in gc o n ta c tnum bers a n d
tip so n h o w to solve theseproblem s.
B lu e
S k yB u lle tin
U p C losea n d
P ersonal
U N D P
Report m akes m ajor
c o n tr ib u tio n
t oth eu n d e r s t a n d in g
o fp o v e r t y
N ew s in a flash
I n1 9 9 5a t th e W orld S u m m it fo rS o c ia l D e -
v e lo p m e n t, G o v e rn m e n ts d e c la re d th e ir d e te r-
m in a tio nt oe ra d ic a te p o v e rty . T h is re p o rt lo o k s
a t th e progress that h a s been m ade since then
and,i n particular,a t U N D P 's
in v o lv e m e n ti n
poverty eradication strategies,program m esa n d
p ro je c ts .
T h ere p o rt notes that around o n eth ird o f
p e o p lei n d e v e lo p in g c o u n trie s c o n tin u e st o liv e
i n" in c o m ep o v e r t y " - e a r n i n gle s sth a n
1 $p e r
d a y . B u t item phasises th eim p o rta n c e o f lo o k -
in g beyond incom et o address hum an poverty
- th e la c k o f e s s e n tia l h u m a n c a p a b ilitie s s u c h
a s b e in g lite ra te , h e a lth y a n da d e q u a te ly n o u r- is h e d .I t p o in ts o u t, fo r e x a m p le , th a ti n d e v e l- oping countries, about 30 per cent of all c h il- dren under fivea r e m alnourished, and 38 per cent of all adult w om ena r e illiterate.
W h a ti sth e in te rn a tio n a l c o m m u n ityd o -
ing toa d d r e s sb o th
in c o m e
a n d hum an pov-
e rty ?T h e re p o rt in c lu d e s th e re s u ltso f g lo b a l surveyt o gaugeth e extentt o w hich govern- m ents have been
h o n o u rin gth e c o m m itm e n t th e y m a d ea t th e S o c ia l S u m m it- e s tim a te p o v - e rty ,s e t ta rg e tst o e ra d ic a te
it a n dim p le m e n t
p la n s to do so.
O u t o f 1 3 0 countries covered, th es u r v e y
fin d sth a t 43 now h a v e n a tio n a l p o v e rty p la n s
i np la c e w h ile3 5 m o re a d d re ss p o v e rty e x p lic -
i t l yw ith in th e ir n a tio n a l p la n n in g fra m e w o rk .
B ut o n ly3 8 c o u n trie s so far h a v es e t ta rg e tsfo r
e ra d ic a tio no f e x tre m e p o v e rty .
T h ere p o rt w e lc o m e s th ep r o g r e s s m ade to
d a te ,b u ts t r e s s e sth a t itf a l l s fa rs h o r t o f w hat
i s needed. N ot onlyd o m any more countries
needt o form ulate planst ofig h t poverty
-s e t-
tin gtim e -b o u n d g o a lsa n d ta rg e ts - butth e y
also needt o translate plans into actions. M any
c o u n trie s have in the past m ade grand procla-
m a tio n s w ith o u t d e liv e rin g th e ir p ro m ise s.T h e
s a m ei s tru eo f th e in te rn a tio n a l c o m m u n ity .
T h ea tta c k o np o v e rty in th ey e a r s to com e
n e e d s to be b a c k e d
w ith real resources. G ov-
ernm ents th a ta r e d e te rm in e dt o e ra d ic a te p o v -
e rtyw ill n e e dt o c o n s id e r b o thth e m a g n itu d e
andc o m p o s itio n of p u b lic s p e n d in g and how
theyc a n bestu s e their resourcest o createth e
environm ent-p o litic a l,econom ica n d social -
th a tc a ne n a b le p e o p le to escape from
p o v e rty .
F o r th ep o o r e s t
c o u n tr ie s ,s t i l l b u r d e n e d
w ithd e m a n d s to pay offd e b ts , th a t w illb e
C o n tin u e do np a g e 4
In te rn a l N e w s le tte r
o f U N D P 's
P a rtn e rs h ip
fo rP ro g re s s
inM o n g o lia * Is s u e
#9 *O c to b e r-N o v e m b e r
1 9 9 8
M s.E r d e n e c h im e g is an a tio n a l U n ite d
N a tio n s
V o lu n te e r
w ith
th e
P ov erty
A lle v ia tio n
P ro-
gram m e,f u n d e d
jo in tly
b y
th e
W o r ld
B a n k ,
U N D P
a n d
Sw eden.T h erea r en o w
4 2
n a tio n a l
U N V s (N U N V s)
w o r k in g
th r o u g h o u t
M o n g o lia .
T h erea r ec u r r e n t l y
fo u r M o n g o lia n s
s e r v in g
a s
in te r n a tio n a l
U N V s
a r o u n d
th e
w o r ld
i n
K yrgystan,
B h u ta n
a n d
T a jik ista n .
A ny
M o n g o lia n si n t e r e s t e di ns e r v i n g
w ithU N V
m ust
c o n ta c t th eU la a n b a a ta r U N Vo f f i c e . T oserve out-
sid e of M o n g o lia , as e c o n dla n g u a g e is am u st.
W h end id y o ujo in P A P O
a n d w h y d id y o uw ant
t o be an a tio n a l
U N V ?
Is ta rte d m yw ork inJa n u a r y1 9 9 7 . A t th a t
tim eth e projectw as ju st starting. I am
w o rk in g h e rea s 1 th in kth is is a n e w
e x p e rie n c efo r M o n g o lia . F irs t,I d id n 't h a v e
ac le a rv is io no f th e o u tp u to f th e se a c tiv itie s
b u tn o w
I have learned i t .
W hata r eth e se activities, couldy o ud e s c r i b e
th em ?
Y es, in itia llyth e N U N V s w ere w orking only
i n three aim ags and tw o regions,b u t
c u rre n tlyth e y w o rk in all a im a g s .A M ty p e s
o fs p e c ia lis ts a rein v o lv e d inth e s e a c tiv itie s .
I am
s p e c ia lis in gi n m o n ito rin ga n d
e v a lu a tio n research worko f th e PAPO
project.T h e m onitoring o f th e project
a c tiv itie s w asin tro d u c e dju s ts t a r t i n gfro m
la s ty e a rand now
we are d is trib u tin g all the
m anuals, indicatorsa n d brochures connected
w ith m o n ito rin ga n d e v a lu a tio na n d
c o n d u c tin gtr a in in go n th is s u b je c t.S o , th is
w illim p ro v eth e e ffic ie n c y of our w o rk .
D oyou have leisure tim e and how
do yous p e n d
it ?
U n fo rtu n a te ly ,th e re is not so m u c h le is u re
tim el e f ta fte r m yw o rk . 1lik e s e w in g and
r e a d in gs c ie n tific m agazines,as I am
a n
e le c tro n ic s e n g in e e r.But now 1 d o n 't h a v e
tim efo r th e s e th in g s .
D o youh a v e a fa m ily ?
Y es.Iliv e w ith m y h u s b a n d and a c h ild .
W hat is th ep r in c ip le y o ufo llo w
i ny o u r life ?
Do thep r o p e r w o rk , so th a t youw o u ld not
regret afterw ards aboutth e resultso f your
w o rk .
D o y o uth in k th a ty o u r w o r k isu sefu l a n d a r e
th erea n yr e s u l t s in real poverty
a lle v ia tio n ?
O fc o u r s e , I w o u ld e v e n sayth a ts i n c e the
m o n ito rin ga n de v a lu a tin gs y s t e m
h a sb e e n
in tro d u c e dth ee f f e c t i v e n e s s o f th ep ro je c t
h a s increased considerably. Peoplec a n
e v a lu a teth ea c tiv itie s c o n d u c te d o n th e
p ro je c t leveland see whath a s been donea n d
h o w
a n d it c a n b eim p ro v e d . W ea lw a y s g o to
th ec o u n t r y s i d eand can o b s e r v eth e c h a n g e s
w h ic h have occurred ourselves.
A re yous a t i s f i e d
w ith your work
a n d w hat a r e
your plans for the future?
1am very satisfied as 1c o n s id e r p o v e rty
a lle v ia tio na s a nim p o rta n t issu e into d a y 's
M o n g o lia ,a n d this w ork is fo r th eb e n e fit o f
a ll peopleliv in g here.I don't have particular
p la n sfo r th efu tu re , b u t 1 w o u ldlik e to
b e c o m e la te ron an in te rn a tio n a lU N V
a n d
sharem y experiences w ith other people.
D o youh a v e a dream ?
- 1w ould w ish th e num bero f poora n d needy
w o u ldb er e d u c e d .
.Im p ro v in g health servicesa c r o s s M ongo-
l i a is an im portantgoal for theU N D P-sup-
p o rte d
N a tio n a l P o v e rty
A lleviation Pro-
gram m e(N P A P ).A m bulance servicesfor ru-
r a l com m unities have been seriously w eak-
ened in th e past eight yearso f tra n s itio n . Tar-
g e tin gin -n e e d c o m m u n itie sh a s m e a n t th a t
8 6 sum s o r m e d iu m -s iz e d to w n s n o w
h a v e
n e w
am bulances.T h e
a m b u la n c e s w e re
f u n d e d
b y th eIn te rn a tio n a l D e v e lo p m e n t
A ssociation.Afu rth e r2 1 sum s w ill receive
am bulances beforeth e e n d o f th e year.A m -
b u la n c e s inth e s e c o m m u n itie s ta k e th efo rm
o f th e hardy Russianje e p , w hich m akes u p
fo r w hati t lacksi n com fort w ithi t s sim ple,
e a s y -to -re p a ir d e s ig n . O th e r p ro je c ts u n d e r
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Blue Sky Bulletin Issue Number 9
Publisher: UNDP Mongolia Communications Office
Editor: David South
Published: October-November 1998
First launched in 1997, Blue Sky Bulletin was the monthly newsletter for the United Nations mission in Mongolia.
Editor: David South
Published: October-November 1998
First launched in 1997, Blue Sky Bulletin was the monthly newsletter for the United Nations mission in Mongolia.
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