Civil Will Green Party is the New CALD Chair-Party

The Civil Will Green Party (CWGP) of Mongolia is the new CALD Chair-Party for the term 2014-2015.

In handover ceremonies held on the sidelines of the CALD General Assembly 2014 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the CALD Chair-Party position was formally transferred from the Sam Rainsy Party of Cambodia to the CWGP.  CALD Chair-Party rotates among full CALD member-parties on the basis of year of membership.  CWGP is the newest member of CALD, having joined the network in 2011.

As CALD welcomes the leadership of CWGP, it also bid farewell to Sam Rainsy (CALD Chair, 2012-2013) and Neric Acosta (CALD Secretary General, 2005-2013).

Oyun Sanjaasuren, Mongolian Minister of Environment and Green Development and Member of Parliament, is the new CALD Chair.  In her acceptance speech delivered by Ganaa Zunduisuren, CWGP’s Secretary of Foreign Relations, Minister Oyun expressed her gratitude to CALD for the trust, confidence, and honor given to CWGP as Chair-Party.  She also pledged to uphold the liberal and democratic values which have become the cornerstones of CALD in the past twenty years.