In his remarks, the Foreign Minister gave a thorough introduction of the policy, actions and measures carried-out by the Government of Mongolia towards the protection and promotion of human rights on a national level and in international fora. Watch full remarks by Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil here.

During his participation in the Human Rights Council, Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil met with international high level representatives, such as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Michael Møller, High Commissioner of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra'ad, Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Joachim Reiter, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Foreign Minister of Albania Ditmir Bushati and Minister for International Development and the Pacific of Australia Concetta Fierravanti-Wells to discuss bilateral ties and international issues of mutual concern.

Also, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ts.Munkh-Orgil and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Ditmir Bushati signed an agreement for between the Government of Mongolia and the Council of Ministers of Albania on mutual visa exemption for diplomatic and official passport holders.

Established in 2006, the Human Rights Council, is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. In October 2015, Mongolia was elected as a Human Rights Council member and will be serving as a member until 2018 to contribute in the activities of the international community on human rights protection and promotion and to be involved in the decision-making process of the council.

It is expected that the Cabinet would submit the amendments to the Parliament soon after working days start tomorrow on March 2, following the public holidays of the Lunar New year - Tsagaan Sar. Then, the latter would call irregular session to discuss the budget adjustments.

Although the exact date of the irregular session has yet to be announced, Mongolian lawmakers will most likely convene within the next week. Some sources, including eagle.mn Mongolian news website, say the irregular session will be opened on March 6, Monday.

The spring session of the parliament normally commences in April every year.

Haier said its multimedia company, which is positioned as an operating platform of Haier's TV business, planned a share transfer and capital boost.

Under the terms of the deal Qingdao Haier will own 20.2 percent in the multimedia firm, paying 525 million yuan ($76.4 million), while Alibaba will own 25.25 percent after the transaction, paying 657 million yuan ($95.6 million).

A statement released late Monday by Qingdao Haier said the move would help build up Haier's smart home product offering and secure more television users.

The announcement said Haier and Alibaba would combine the strengths of both companies to launch innovative products and cater to market demands.

Alibaba said with the further integration of the real economy and new technology, the two sides would strengthen their cooperation to promote intelligent home appliance products and services.

Last year revenues of Haier's multimedia firm totaled 6.7 billion yuan ($975 million), with net profit of 113 million yuan.

"Haier hopes to beef up the content development of its TV business through cooperation with internet giant Alibaba and as a traditional company to explore a new development mode," said Zhang Yanbin, assistant director of All View Cloud, a Beijing-based consultancy specializing in home appliances.

"Haier attaches great importance to its TV business. The operation will make the two sides make full use of their resources and complement each other with advantages."

Zhang said internet TV brands such as LeEco and. Xiaomi Corp had strengths in TV content and value-added services, which traditional home appliance manufacturers could learn from.

Founded in 1984, Haier has been the household electrical appliances brand with the highest sales volumes in the global market for several consecutive years, according to consultancy Euromonitor International.

Softbank executives say the startup group it backs, One-Web, agreed to the merger with satellite operator Intelsat.

They also say Softbank will invest 1.7 billion dollars in the combined company to take a nearly 40 percent voting stake.

Softbank said in December that it would invest a billion dollars in One-Web. The venture is to launch small satellites orbiting Earth at low altitudes to provide Internet connectivity.

Intelsat operates a worldwide satellite communication network for the broadcasting and telecom industries.

Softbank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son says the latest plan is in line with his firm's strategy of investing in innovative technology.

China overtook South Africa as the number one miner of the metal in 2007. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) expects gold output to grow by an average 3% annually through 2020.

Last year output rose less than 1% to 453.5 tonnes according to the ministry:

[The MIIT] aims to consolidate and upgrade the industry by reducing the number of gold miners to around 450 from more than 600, and shutting down 40 tonnes of outdated production capacity by the end of 2020.
Last year, global gold demand increased 2% to 4,309 tonnes, the highest since 2013, but the improvement was mainly on the back of investment purchases in the West as physical demand from top consumers China and India fell data from the World Gold Council showed.

Coal accounted for 62% of the nation’s energy mix last year, down from 64% in 2015, and it is expected to fall further under the current five-year plan of capping it at 55% by 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

Coal accounted for 62% of the nation’s energy mix last year, down from 64% in 2015.
Last month, Beijing resumed efforts to cut local coal mines’ output by 800 million tonnes a year until 2020. Authorities have also made public its intention of modernizing China’s coal-fired power plants by the end of the decade in an effort to cut “polluting” emissions by 60%.

The government also aims to add over 20 million kilowatts of installed wind power and more than 15 million kilowatts of installed photovoltaic power by the end of the decade, which underlines the country’s shift towards renewable energy.

Consumption of renewable sources, in fact, went up by 1.7% last year when compared to 2015, accounting for 19.7% of the country’s total energy mix.

Today’s figures suggest that China's CO2 emissions may drop by as much as 1% in 2017, Greenpeace said in a statement, adding it would be the "fourth year in a row of either zero growth or a decline" for the nation.

They also reinforce "China's growing status as a global climate leader, and sends a strong signal to US President Trump that his dirty energy agenda will send the American economy in the wrong direction," Greenpeace said.

According to the environmental campaigner group, China is virtually certain to overachieve its 2020 climate targets and could be on track to a much earlier CO2 peak if the rapid shift to clean energy and away from over-reliance on polluting industries continues.