Very well, thank you very much to all those who have taken the floor. Before moving on, I wish to make clear that this is a platform for open dialogue. This is what this forum is intended for. We need to engage in constructive dialogue. All participants regardless of who they are representing need to be respectful to other participants, all other participants, and to limit themselves to the topics to which this forum is set up. Bearing in mind this point which I must stress once again to the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, but only will I allow them to conclude within the minute remaining. If that organization restricts itself to the topic that has been previously set up for the discussion at this forum that all respect be shown to both member states and all other participants. On that basis, for one minute you have the floor to conclude your statement provided that you have adopted this procedures and grand rules. Thank you, you have the floor. Enghebatu Togochg: Thank you for allowing me to continue my statement. The Mongolians who maintained their pastoralist way of life for thousands of years are now forced by the Chinese authorities to give up their traditional life-style and move to agricultural and urban areas to give way to expanding Chinese encroachment. As a result of unregulated mining, resource extraction and uncontrolled agricultural practices by the Chinese, Mongolian grassland ecosystem has seriously been destroyed; lakes and rivers are dried up; underground water is depleted; air and water is heavily polluted; the Mongolians herders who have been kicked out of their land have become landless and homeless on their ancestral land. The second issue I would like to raise to the Forum is the extrajudicial detention of Mongolian dissidents and activists. Mr. Hada, who demanded “genuine autonomy” in accordance with Chinese laws, is still being held under a form of house arrest after completing a 15-year imprisonment and 4-year extrajudicial detention. We urge the Chinese government to respect basic human rights and the fundamental freedoms of the Mongolian people in accordance with United Nations conventions and universally accepted human rights standards. Thank you.

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