Latest Mauritania News

El Salvador validated by WHO as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem
El Niño is coming. Here is where the risks to agriculture are highest
Experts urge Equatorial Guinea to uphold international obligations and halt returns of those at risk
Largest catch-up initiative delivers over 100 million childhood vaccinations
FAO Regional Conference for Africa: Director-General urges “abundance” narrative for youthful continent
World Food Forum Africa: Tapping the continent’s greatest asset, people, to drive sustainable agrifood transformation
Strengthening digital health capacities through blended learning
In a world searching for solutions to the interconnected climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, rangelands and pastoralists are part of the…
Statement of the Forty-fourth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
Mauritania’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Human rights records of 13 States set to be examined by Universal Periodic Review mechanism
Global population requiring interventions against trachoma falls below 100 million for the first time
Security Council Told Political Upheaval, Violent Extremism Continue to Challenge West Africa, Sahel Region
UN Committee on Migrant Workers publishes findings on Honduras, Indonesia, and Mauritania
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
The party’s AI: How China’s new AI systems are reshaping human rights
UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Mauritania, Indonesia and Honduras
New FAO-EU initiative will boost vulnerable populations’ access to aquatic foods
UN expert commends Government for addressing migration challenges and urges end to collective expulsions: Mauritania
UN expert to assess the situation of migrants in Mauritania
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Green Climate Fund approves a record $300 million for FAO-designed projects in Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and the Sahel
UAE Survival Training Taps Into Bedouin Skills
Japan contributes $11.9 million to scale up FAO’s emergency and resilience activities
Security Council Extends UN Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara by One Year, Adopting Resolution 2756 (2024) by Vote of 12 in…
Australia Appoints New Ambassador To France
Ending Atrocities in Gaza Cannot Happen through Words, but ‘through Urgent, Unequivocal Action,’ Senior Humanitarian Official Tells Security Council
US$ 1 billion in new and reaffirmed funding commitments announced for WHO’s ongoing Investment Round
Israeli Efforts to Dismantle Palestinian Refugee Agency’s Life-Saving Operations in Gaza Would be Disastrous, Senior Officials, Speakers Warn Security Council
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States Parties, and with Non-Governmental Organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and Intergovernmental Organizations
Statement of the Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls: Gender backlash underscores urgency to achieve substantive equality for women and girls
Human Rights Council Hears that States Need to Expand International Solidarity Measures to Diminish Inequality and Marginalisation, and that the Backlash against…
The Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations Result in the Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
UNITAR and FAO Launch Arabic-Language Course on Trade and Food Security
Global Environment Facility approves $70 million to support FAO projects in 28 countries
Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the High…
Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Concludes that Israeli Authorities and Hamas Are Both Responsible for War Crimes
Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – Daily update: 28 May 2024
WHO’s investment case launch draws expressions of support, pledges to sustainably finance four-year strategy
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Applaud Qatar’s Memorial for Enslaved Africans, Raise Questions on Mandatory HIV Testing…
Statement following the Thirty-eighth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Fifth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Mauritania for Linking the Minimum Wage to Collective Bargaining, Ask about…
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Romania’s Competent Delegation, Ask about Corruption and the Employment of Roma
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Fifth Session
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review Romania, Mauritania, Ireland, Iraq, Indonesia and Sweden