Minister of Justice Receives Chief of UN Migration Agency Mission

On 10 March, the Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Cheikh Abdallahi Ould Boya, received, in Nouakchott, Mr. Boubacar Sebou, the Chief of Mission of the UN Migration Agency to Mauritania.

The Minister praised the Agency’s involvement in the government’s efforts to promote human rights and fight against crime under the program of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani.

For his part, Mr. Sebou congratulated the Minister for the great progress made by Mauritania in terms of legislation, particularly in the fight against trafficking in human beings and illegal immigration.

This progress is illustrated, among other achievements, by the promulgation of the specific decree on the organization and functioning of the National Commission for the Fight against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The UN official reviewed the new program that the Agency intends to implement in Mauritania with funding from the US Government.