NEWS , APPEAL, SPEECH


APPEAL TO THE FIRST LADIES OF ASIA

August 19, 2010                                                                                     Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

I convey to you my hearty greetings from Mongolia along with my best wishes to you, your family and the friendly people of your country.

With this letter, I would like to draw your attention to an important issue, deserving the care and action of us, as First Ladies, as the daughters of mothers – that is the alarming rate of growth of women’s cancer worldwide.

WHO and global health authorities report that globally, cancer takes more human lives than tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. Ninety percent of deaths from non-communicable diseases occur in the developing world, and among these diseases, cancer evolves to claim for an increasing share. Over 80% of all cervical cancer deaths occur in, again, the developing world.

 
 

Opening Remarks by Khajidsuren Bolormaa, First Lady of Mongolia, at the Scientific Conference, IAEA
September, 2010
Vienna, Austria

Dear Mr. Chairman,
Distinguished guests and delegates,
I extend the greetings of this auspicious day to you, dear delegates, who have convened in this beautiful city of Vienna with a noble mission to unite and consolidate our minds and actions against one of the most serious challenges to the humankind, against cancer.

I sincerely thank Mr. Secretary General Yukia Amano for the invitation extended to me to partake in this important event. I have the pleasure to convey to the Secretary General and this respectable audience the hearty greetings of the people of Mongolia and President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Cancer has become a grave concern for almost all countries, and all the more so for developing countries. I shall not waste time reading you statistics and citing alarming numbers and figures. Certainly, the scholars, scientists and researchers in this hall shall refer to numerous facts and evidences to support this reality. It would suffice to mention that for my country, a developing country, cancer ranks the second major cause of mortality.