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Zorig Foundation (Mongolian: Зориг Сан) is a Mongolian nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in October 1998 after the assassination of Mongolian pro-democracy politician Zorig Sanjaasuren. The Zorig Foundation stated that its goal was to spread democratic values in Mongolia.
This fund 'was created in memory of Matthew Girvin, a UNICEF program officer stationed in Mongolia who was killed in a helicopter crash in January 2001, to support highly qualified secondary school graduates from low-income families in the rural areas of Mongolia to study at some of the best state institutions of higher learning within Mongolia.
The party was part of the Mongolian Democratic Union that ruled from 1996 to 2000. It merged with the Democratic Party in 2000, thus all of the Social Democratic Party became members of the Democratic Party except A.Ganbaatar. It reformed in 2004 [1] and ran 19 candidates, [1] but did not win any seats at the 2012 Mongolian parliamentary elections.
Under communist rule all higher education was provided free of charge. Since the early 1990s, fees have been introduced, though the government offers grants and scholarships. [6] The quality of education in the privately owned institutions is usually perceived as inferior. [citation needed] There are many universities in Mongolia.
The politics of Mongolia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary system with a multi-party representative democracy. [1] While some sources have incorrectly described Mongolia as a semi-presidential system , its 1992 Constitution clearly defines it as a parliamentary republic.
A report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Mongolia indicated in December 2012 that while Mongolia "is currently experiencing a major resource boom and the country is on the brink of one of the most dramatic transformations in its history," with the mining of mineral wealth and foreign investment "expected to ...
American Center for Mongolian Studies office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS; Mongolian: Америкийн Монгол Судлалын Төв) is a US registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, academic organization which promotes research and scholarship in Inner Asia, a broad region consisting of Mongolia and parts of China, Russia and Central Asia ...
A statue of pro-democracy leader Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, who was murdered by unknown assassins in 1998. Following the politburo resignation, Mongolia's first free, multi-party elections for a bicameral parliament were held on 29 June 1990. [22] [33] In 1990 Mongolian parliamentary elections, parties ran for 430 seats in the People's Great ...