Mauritania Elected Member of 4 United Nations Organizations

Mauritania was unanimously elected, on Tuesday, a member of 4 United Nations organizations, during elections held by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York. These are the Commission on the Status of Women, for 4 years, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, for three years, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, for 4 years, and the Committee for the United Nations Population Award, for a 3-year term. The elections were held in the presence of HE Mr. Sidi Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, Ambassador Permanent Delegate of Mauritania to the United Nations, and Mr. El Hadj Ould Lehbib Counselor, in charge of elections.