A resolution reaffirming the importance of the strategic partnership between the United States and Mongolia.

underscores the importance of the relationship between the United States and Mongolia and remains committed to advancing this Strategic Partnership in the future;

encourages the United States Government to help Mongolia use its benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences program and other relevant programs to increase trade between the United States and Mongolia;

urges the United States International Development Finance Corporation to expand activities in Mongolia to support economic development, diversification of the economy of Mongolia, and women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises;

urges Mongolia to address climate change and continue to work with the UN Environment Programme, the Global Climate Fund, and other global institutions to strengthen climate change resilience;

urges private and public support to help diversify the economy of Mongolia through increased cooperation and investments, as well as infrastructure and other vital projects;

supports the resumption of the Peace Corps program in Mongolia once the COVID–19 pandemic has subsided;

urges the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and other relevant agencies to continue to support Mongolia’s democratic and economic development and efforts on anticorruption;

calls for the continued engagement of Mongolia in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Community of Democracies, congressional-parliamentary partnerships, including continued high-level parliamentary exchange, and other institutions that promote democratic values, which reinforces the commitment of the people and the Government of Mongolia to those values and standards;

reaffirms the importance of civil society to the continued democratic development of Mongolia;

encourages the Government of Mongolia to build a regulatory system that supports and encourages the growth and operation of independent nongovernmental organizations and continues to pursue policies of transparency that uphold democratic values;

urges Mongolia to continue their commitment to free, fair and credible elections; and

encourages the Government of Mongolia to continue legal reform, build institutional capacity, and improve the independence of other democratic institutions.