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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 352 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 20th anniversary of United 

States-Mongolia relations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 18, 2007 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. BIDEN) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 20th 

anniversary of United States-Mongolia relations. 

Whereas the United States established diplomatic relations 

with the Government of Mongolia in January 1987 and 

established its first embassy in Ulaanbaatar in June 

1988; 

Whereas the United States and Mongolia are both fully 

democratic states committed to the rule of law; 

Whereas, in 1991, the United States established normal trade 

relations with Mongolia and began a Peace Corps program that now boasts approximately 100 volunteers; 

Whereas the United States has a continued commitment to 

Mongolia’s economic and political development and has 


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contributed over $150,000,000 in aid for that purpose 

since 1991; 

Whereas the United States has supported Mongolia’s participation in the International Monetary Fund, the World 

Bank, and the Asian Development Bank; 

Whereas the United States and Mongolia strengthened their 

trade relationship through the signing of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in 2004 to boost bilateral commercial ties and resolve trade disputes; 

Whereas Mongolia continues to work with the United States 

to combat global terrorism and, since April 2003, has 

contributed engineers, troops, and medical personnel to 

Operation Iraqi Freedom and has participated in training 

National Army artillery units in Afghanistan; 

Whereas Mongolia has demonstrated an expanding desire to 

join the United States in global peacekeeping activities by 

sending a contingent of 250 soldiers to protect the Special Court for Sierra Leone, a platoon to participate in 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission 

in Kosovo, and personnel to serve as United Nations observers in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea; 

Whereas the United States and Mongolia share an interest in 

promoting peaceful cooperation in south central Asia; and 

Whereas Mongolia was named eligible for Millennium Challenge Compact assistance on May 6, 2004, submitted its 

official proposal on October 13, 2005, and had its proposal approved by the Millennium Challenge Corporation 

on September 12, 2007: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 


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1 (1) the strength and endurance of the partner2 ship between the United States and Mongolia should 

3 be acknowledged and celebrated; 

4 (2) the United States should encourage contin5 ued economic cooperation with Mongolia, including 

6 in areas such as mining, construction, information 

7 technology, tourism, and meat processing, to the bet8 terment of both our economies; 

9 (3) the United States should continue to work 

10 with the International Monetary Fund, the World 

11 Bank, and the Asian Development Bank to improve 

12 Mongolia’s economic system; 

13 (4) the United States should provide Mongolia 

14 assistance under the Millennium Challenge Compact 

15 and work to finalize the compact in a timely fashion; 

16 and 

17 (5) the United States should encourage greater 

18 academic and cultural exchanges with Mongolia. 

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