Mongolian NGOs have nominated candidates for places on the National Board of Mongolian National Broadcasting. Seven of the 15 National Board members are to be replaced under the Public Radio and Television law.

About 40 NGOs met at the Press Institute on November 12, 2008, and approved a list of candidates for the National Board. The list comprises 12 persons with experience in journalism, law, sport, religion, human rights and business.

The Mongolian Parliament (Ulsyn Ikh Khural) on January 27, 2005, passed the Public Radio and Television law after a seven-year delay. Parliamentary Resolution #103 to implement the Media Freedom law was approved August 28, 1998, providing for the dissolution of the state-owned broadcaster and its replacement by a public service broadcaster.

The Public Radio and TV law came into force on July 1, 2005, and the former Mongolian National Radio and TV Authority was dissolved. The new public broadcaster, named Mongolian National Broadcasting (MNB), was registered at the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs on February 8, 2006.

MNB is managed by an independent 15-member governing body nominated by NGO representatives which is called the National Council (NC), first appointed by parliament on October 13, 2005. Four days later (October 17, 2005), the inaugural NC meeting was held, electing Mr. N. Sodnomdorj, president of Mongolian Trades Unions and ex-MP for the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 2000-2004 government.

Under the PSB legislation, candidates for the NC are nominated by NGOs. Sixteen Mongolian NGOs formed the NGO Assembly (NGOA), the first meeting of which was on July 14, 2005. The NGOs nominated 32 candidates for consideration by parliament, president and government. 

Article 21.6, Public Radio and TV law.
“NGOs working in the fields of history, tradition, custom, culture, art, literature and science shall propose the names of relevantly qualified persons to the President of Mongolia; NGOs working in the fields of law, international relations, journalism, health, education, sport, environment, labour and other relevant social areas shall propose the names of relevantly qualified persons to the State Great Ikh Hural; NGOs working in the fields of economics, business, method/technology and management shall propose names of relevantly qualified persons to the government for inclusion in the composition of the National Council.”