On 28 October, in Nouakchott, Ms. Messaouda Mint Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, oversaw the launch of the fourth Arab Environment Forum.
The organization of this two-day forum in Mauritania is the result of a decision made by the Council of Arab Ministers in Charge of Environmental Affairs at its 35th session in Jeddah in September last year to hold this edition of the forum in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.