CERTIFICATE ON KHUVSGUL LAKE’S INCLUSION IN THE WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES PRESENTED
- 2022-07-14
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh received UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay on July 10.
During the meeting, the President expressed gratitude to Ms.Audrey Azoulay for visiting Mongolia on occasion of its 60th anniversary of accession to UNESCO, and expressed commitment to expanding cooperation in all aspects to preserve the pristine natural beauty of Mongolia and protect the tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
In turn, Ms. Audrey Azoulay said that Mongolia is a country with unique geographical, historical and cultural features, and expressed satisfaction with the active development of bilateral cooperation. Ms. Audrey also handed a Certificate confirming the inclusion of Khuvsgul Lake Biosphere Reserve in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves over to the President of Mongolia.
The President expressed heartfelt gratitude, on behalf of the people of Mongolia, for the inscription of Khuvsgul Lake that holds more than 70 percent of Mongolia’s freshwater resources and 2 percent of the world’s freshwater resources on the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. He also added that Mongolia would pay special attention to the preservation of humankind heritage and culture existing in the territory of Mongolia.