United Nations Office at Geneva Welcomes CNDH Action

The head of the African section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Cohonen-Marit, congratulated Mauritania for the action of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), considering it as an example to follow for national human rights institutions. This appraisal was made during the meeting between the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Ahmed Salem Ould Bouhoubeyni with the UN official. The CNDH chairman, who is currently in Geneva, met also today with officials from the Department of National Human Rights Institutions at the Commissioner's Office, Mmes, Cynthia Rader and Shahidzadeh.