Yesterday, 17 Feb., 2005 the Mongolian Parliament accepted the President's veto on PSB law and passed the Law on Amendments on the Public Radio and TV Law. I have just received the official text of the new law.

On 14 February 2005 President of Mongolia, Natsagiin Bagabandi has vetoed 3 provisions of newly adopted Law on Public Radio and TV (PRTV).

The highest governing body- National Counsil of PRTV shall consist from 17 members and 9 of them shall be nominated by NGOs, of which legal grounds are provided by the law, 2 by the Government, 2 by the President and 4 by the Parliament.

In the framework of the UNESCO funded Media for Transparent Governance project Globe International in cooperation with its partners Press Institute and ZORIG Foundation organized editors' session on 8 November 2004 at ZORIG Foundation. 40 editors and their representatives attended the session.

Mrs. H.Naranjargal, head of Globe International attended a Press Conference due to opening of National Chapter of Transparency International held on 4th November 2004 at Press Institute. Globe International is one of the founders of TI chapter in Mongolia.

This 12-month project starts with editors sessions to encourage them to run 8-month anti-corruption campaign in their media outlets. The 1st general session will be held on 8 November at Zorig Foundation and it will involve editors from daily and weekly newspapers, Mongolian National Radio and TV and other broadcasting stations based in Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia.

The Mongolian Parliament is going to discuss Public service broadcasting law in its Fall Session 2004. Mongolian R&TV used to serve the Government under the strict control over the last years.