Previously held by the Netherlands, Kenya, Tunisia, and most recently Estonia, this summer, the chairmanship of the Freedom Online Coalition passes on to Mongolia.
At the annual Freedom Online Conference in Tallinn, the Mongolian Foreign Minister, Mr. Luvsanvandan Bold, confirmed his country as the first Asian member to chair the Coalition. The FOC member states unanimously welcomed Mongolia as the incoming chair and have expressed their support for the next annual Freedom Online conference to be held in Ulaanbaatar on 4-5 May 2015.