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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 192 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding supporting democracy and 

economic development in Mongolia and expanding relations between the 

United States and Mongolia. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2009 

Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. WEBB, and Ms. MURKOWSKI) 

submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding supporting 

democracy and economic development in Mongolia and 

expanding relations between the United States and Mongolia. 

Whereas the United States Government established diplomatic relations with the Government of Mongolia in January 1987; 

Whereas the Government of Mongolia declared an end to oneparty Communist rule in 1990 and initiated democratic 

and free market reforms; 

Whereas the United States Government has a continued commitment to ongoing economic and political reforms in 

Mongolia and has made sizeable contributions for that 

purpose since 1991; 


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Whereas, in 1991, the United States established Normal 

Trade Relations (NTR) status with Mongolia and began 

a Peace Corps program that now boasts over 100 volunteers and over 725 volunteers since its creation, and is 

one of the largest per capita Peace Corps programs 

worldwide; 

Whereas the United States extended permanent NTR status 

effective July 1, 1999; 

Whereas the United States has strongly supported the participation of Mongolia in the International Monetary 

Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, 

and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, among other international organizations; 

Whereas the United States and Mongolia enhanced their 

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

over trade; 

Whereas the Government of Mongolia continues to work with 

the United States Government to combat global terrorism 

and, from April 2003 to October 2008, sent 10 consecutive deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and 7 indirect fire technical training teams to Afghanistan; 

Whereas the Government of Mongolia continues to demonstrate a growing desire to join the United States in 

global peacekeeping activities by providing an ongoing deployment of soldiers to protect the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as well as providing deployments in support 

of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization mission in 

Kosovo and United Nations missions in a number of 

countries in Africa; 


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Whereas the Government of Mongolia signed denuclearization 

agreements in 1991 and 1992, making Mongolia a nuclear weapons-free zone; 

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

official proposal on October 13, 2005, received approval 

for its proposal from the Millennium Challenge Corporation on September 12, 2007, and signed a Millennium 

Challenge Corporation Compact Agreement on October 

22, 2007, during a visit to the United States by thenMongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar; 

Whereas President George W. Bush became the first-ever sitting United States President to travel to Mongolia on 

November 21, 2005; 

Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission began 

a program to provide parliamentary assistance to the 

State Great Hural, the parliament of Mongolia, in 2007; 

Whereas Senate Resolution 352, 110th Congress, agreed to 

October 18, 2007, expressed the sense of the Senate on 

‘‘the strength and endurance’’ of the partnership between 

the United States and Mongolia during the 20th anniversary of relations between the two countries; 

Whereas the United States and Mongolia signed an agreement to increase cooperation in preventing trafficking in 

nuclear technology on October 23, 2007; 

Whereas, during the October 2007 visit by then-President 

Enkhbayar to Washington, DC, the United States and 

Mongolia agreed to a Declaration of Principles for further cooperation between both countries, including a commitment to expanded development and long-term cooperation in political, economic, trade, investment, educational, 


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cultural, arts, scientific and technological, defense, security, humanitarian, and other areas; 

Whereas the people of Mongolia completed a free, fair, and 

peaceful democratic election on May 24, 2009, which resulted in the election of opposition Democratic Party candidate Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj; 

Whereas Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on 

June 9, 2009, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and 

Trade of Mongolia, S. Batbold, that the United States is 

‘‘committed to supporting the government and people of 

Mongolia as they seek assistance to develop, as they continue their democratization, and as they reach out to the 

rest of the world’’; and 

Whereas the United States Government and the Government 

of Mongolia share a common interest in promoting peaceful cooperation in Northeast Asia and Central Asia: Now, 

therefore, be it 

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

2 (1) the growing partnership between the demo3 cratic governments and peoples of the United States 

4 and Mongolia deserves acknowledgment and celebra5 tion; 

6 (2) the democratic election and peaceful transi7 tion of power in Mongolia is an important dem8 onstration of the continuing commitment in that 

9 country to democratic reform and represents a sig10 nificant achievement for that young democracy; 


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1 (3) the United States Government encourages 

2 further economic cooperation with the Government 

3 of Mongolia, including, as appropriate, enhanced 

4 trade and investment to promote prosperity for both 

5 of our economies; 

6 (4) the United States Government should con7 tinue to work with the International Monetary 

8 Fund, the World Bank, the Asian Development 

9 Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction 

10 and Development to assist the Government of Mon11 golia in improving its economic system and accel12 erating development; 

13 (5) the United States Government should con14 tinue to provide Mongolia assistance under the Mil15 lennium Challenge Compact and encourage further 

16 effective and accountable governance; and 

17 (6) the United States Government should ex18 pand upon existing academic, cultural, and other 

19 people-to-people exchanges with Mongolia. 

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