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“America’s Music – Jazz” Concert

April 2015 marks the 14th year of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History’s Jazz Appreciation Month initiative, which aims to draw greater public attention globally to the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz as America’s original music, a global cultural treasure. In the frames of the Jazz Appreciation Month, the American Cultural and ... Read More»

Workshop Makes Progress on Petroleum Law Regulations

The U.S. Embassy in Mongolia, at the invitation of the Ministry of Mining, sponsored a consultative workshop from April 20 – 24, 2015, to consider international best practices in the oil and gas sector and how to incorporate them into the implementing regulations for the Petroleum Law passed last July. Mohamed Badissy, a U.S. Commerce ... Read More»

U.S. to Assume Arctic Council Chair

Today, Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Iqaluit, Canada, to attend the biennial Arctic Council Ministerial, where he will begin a two-year term as Chairman of the Arctic Council. Secretary Kerry will present the 2015-2017 U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship program, “One Arctic: Shared Opportunities, Challenges, and Responsibilities,” to the seven other Arctic Member ... Read More»

Sixth Distinguished Speaker Series with Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, Member of Parliament of Mongolia and President of United Nations Environmental Assembly

On Friday, April 24, 2015, the 6th Distinguished Speaker Series was successfully hosted by the Mongolian Association of State Alumni (MASA) featuring a lecture by Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, Member of Parliament of Mongolia and President of United Nations Environmental Assembly, entitled Environment and Sustainability. Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren is one of the longest serving parliament members, ... Read More»