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Mongolia
International Year of the Child
1980 Proof Silver 25 Tögrög
36mm (19.44 grams) 0.925 Silver (0.5781 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 39
Certification: NGC
PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO 2863728-009
БНМАУ 1980 MONGOLIA, Emblem of the People's
Republic of Mongolia.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 25 TӨГРӨГ, Children riding camel
left.
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 UNESCO
proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. The
proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979, by United Nations Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child,
the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected
children throughout the world, including malnutrition and lack of access to
education. Many of these efforts resulted in the Convention on the Rights of the
Child in 1989.
Numerous events took place within the UN and in member countries to mark the
event, including the Music for UNICEF Concert, held at the UN General Assembly
on January 9. WBZ-TV 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, along with the four other Group
W stations, hosted and broadcast a celebratory festival, "Kidsfair" (usually
held around Labor Day ever since) from Boston Common. A film festival showcasing
international cartoon and film shorts focusing on children was held at the
United Nations building in New York City on December 1, 1979. Canadian
animator/director Eugene Fedorenko created a film for the National Film Board of
Canada, called Every Child, which centered on a nameless baby who
nobody wants because they are too busy with their own concerns. This was used to
explain how every child is entitled to a home. Sound effects were created with
the voices of Les Mimes Electriques.
 Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state. It is sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north. Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, although only 37 kilometres (23 mi) separates them.
 At 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 sq mi), Mongolia is the 18th-largest and the most sparsely populated unitary sovereign state in the world, with a population of around 3 million people. It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country behind Kazakhstan and the largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea. The country contains very little arable land, as much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to about 45% of the country's population. Ulaanbaatar also shares the rank of the world's coldest capital city with Moscow, Ottawa, and Astana.
.svg/250px-Mongolia_(orthographic_projection).svg.png) Approximately 30% of the population is nomadic or semi-nomadic; horse culture is still integral. The majority of its population are Buddhists. The non-religious population is the second largest group. Islam is the dominant religion among ethnic Kazakhs. The majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol ethnicity, although Kazakhs, Tuvans, and other minorities also live in the country, especially in the west. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand its participation in regional economic and trade groups.
The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the Turkic Khaganate, and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous land empire in history. His grandson Kublai Khan conquered China to establish the Yuan dynasty. After the collapse of the Yuan, the Mongols retreated to Mongolia and resumed their earlier pattern of factional conflict, except during the era of Dayan Khan and Tumen Zasagt Khan. In the 16th century, Tibetan Buddhism began to spread in Mongolia, being further led by the Manchu-founded Qing dynasty, which absorbed the country in the 17th century. By the early 1900s, almost one-third of the adult male population were Buddhist monks. After the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911, Mongolia declared independence, and achieved actual independence from the Republic of China in 1921. Shortly thereafter, the country came under the control of the Soviet Union, which had aided its independence from China. In 1924, the Mongolian People's Republic was founded as a socialist state. After the anti-Communist revolutions of 1989, Mongolia conducted its own peaceful democratic revolution in early 1990. This led to a multi-party system, a new constitution of 1992, and transition to a market economy.
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