23 April 2010
Press Release
Mongolian NGOs Appeal to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights to resolve Oyu Tolgoi Mine Dispute
A coalition of Mongolian NGOs appealed today (23rd April 2010) to Professor John Ruggie, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights, to use his good offices to calm the tension that has erupted in the capital, Ulaanbaatar and other parts of the country, over the decision by the Government of Mongolia to allow Rio Tinto and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd to develop a copper-gold mine in the South Gobi region (the size of Manhattan) without undertaking adequate environmental studies. According to the NGOs there are a number of legal irregularities in relation to the Oyu Tolgoi agreement.
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