evidence: More information about Mongolia is available on the Mongolia country page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. [...] Mongolia and the United States belong to many of the same international organizations, including the United Nations, the ASEAN Regional Forum, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the World Trade Organization. Mongolia also is a participating state in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and is a NATO Partner Nation. From 2011 to 2013, Mongolia was the president of the Community of Democracies, a group of democratic nations focused on strengthening democratic institutions globally, and it agreed to remain on the group’s executive committee from 2015 to 2017. In 2015, Mongolia chaired the Freedom Online Coalition. Mongolia was elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council from 2016 to 2018. Mongolia is also an observer at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. [...] More information about Mongolia is available from the Department of State and other sources, some of which are listed here: