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Extractions: In mid-1996, at the conclusion of a meeting in Mauritania (Nouakchott) of ministers responsible for the interior, the three established joint security measures on their common borders. (An investigation into drugs-trafficking in Mauritania resulted in July in the imprisonment of seven senior police-officers and four magistrates.)
GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Mauritania Annotated compendium of online sources providing access to primary documents, legal commentary and general government information about specific jurisdictions and topics. http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/mauritania.html
Extractions: (includes LC Portals: Mauritania OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel de la Republique islamique de Mauritanie PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Watani [National Assembly] and Majlis al-Shuyukh [Senate] GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers 182 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from July 1990 to the present
Mauritania - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture of the West African country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania
Extractions: Currency Ouguiya Time zone UTC ... 28 November , from France National anthem National Anthem of Mauritania Internet TLD ... Calling Code The Islamic Republic of Mauritania , or Mauritania , is a country in northwest Africa . Its coast faces the Atlantic Ocean on the west, with Senegal on the south-west, Mali on the east and south-east, Algeria on the north-east, and the Moroccan annexed territory of Western Sahara on the north-west. The capital and largest city is
Country Briefing: Mauritania Offers extensive links to resources about mauritania including the media and news, travel, maps, politics and government, people, economy and environment. http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/mauritania.htm
Mauritania - Government thousands windows on the world constantly updated. http://www.exxun.com/Mauritania/d_gv.html
CIA - Chiefs Of State And Cabinet Members Of Foreign Governments State and Cabinet Members of Foreign governments. Last Updated 8/8/2005.mauritania Sec. of State in Charge of the government, Moussa, Diallo Abou http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs115.html
Extractions: Ely Ould Mohamed VALL, Col. President Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould BOUBAKAR Ba ABDERRAHMANE Min. of Communication Cheikh Ould ABBA Mehla Mint AHMED Min. of Defense Ely Ould Mohamed VALL, Col. Hammada Ould ABED Ba Ibrahima DEMBA Min. of Finance Abdellahi Ould Cheikh SIDIYA Sidi Mohamed Ould SIDINA Ahmed Ould SID AHMED Qsaadna Ould BAHAIDA Naji Ould Mohamed MAHMOUD Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed LEMINE Min. of Justice Maafoudh Ould BETTAH Yahya O. Sid'el MOUSTAPH Mohamed Ismael Ould ABEIDNA Mohamed Aly Ould Sidi MOHAMED Cheikh Ould SID'AHMED Min. of Public Function (Civil Service) Mohamed Ould DJIGUQ Gandega SILLY Min. of Water Ely Ould AHMED Min. of Womens Affairs Nebghouha Mint TLAMID Sec. of State for Civil Registry Abdi O. HORMA Sec. of State for the Maghreb Arab Union Bissmillah Elih Ould AHMED Sec. of State to the Prime Minister for New Technologies Manyana Sow DEINA Sec. Gen. of Government Ba Saidou MOUSSA Sec. Gen. to the Presidency
Extractions: local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah Government type: republic Capital: Nouakchott Administrative divisions: 12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital district*; Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza Independence: 28 November 1960 (from France) National holiday: Independence Day, 28 November (1960) Constitution: 12 July 1991 Legal system: a combination of Shari'a (Islamic law) and French civil law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA (since 12 December 1984)
Extractions: The PRDS, led by President Maaouiya ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, has dominated Mauritanian politics since the country's first multi-party elections in April 1992 following the approval by referendum of the current constitution in July 1991. President Taya, who won elections in 1992 and 1997, first became chief of state through a December 12, 1984 bloodless coup which made him chairman of the committee of military officers that governed Mauritania from July 1978 to April 1992. The country's first president, Moktar ould Daddah, served from independence until ousted in a bloodless coup on July 10, 1978. A group of current and former Army officers launched a bloody but unsuccessful coup attempt on June 8, 2003. The ringleaders remain at large, and their exact motives remain unclear. Politics in Mauritania have always been heavily influenced by personalities, with any leader's ability to exercise political power dependent upon control over resources; perceived ability or integrity; and tribal, ethnic, family, and personal considerations. Conflict between white Moor, black Moor, and non-Moor ethnic groups, centering on language, land tenure, and other issues, continues to be the dominant challenge to national unity. The government bureaucracy is composed of traditional ministries, special agencies, and parastatal companies. The Ministry of Interior controls a system of regional governors and prefects modeled on the French system of local administration. Under this system, Mauritania is divided into 13 regions (wilaya), including the capital district, Nouakchott. Control is tightly concentrated in the executive branch of the central government, but a series of national and municipal elections since 1992 have produced some limited decentralization.
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Extractions: Le FNUAP, Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population, aide les pays en développement à trouver des solutions à leurs problèmes de population. Il constitue la source internationale la plus importante dassistance en matière de population. Environ un quart de lassistance des pays donateurs aux pays en développement dans ce domaine passe par le FNUAP.
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Extractions: Le FNUAP, Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population, aide les pays en développement à trouver des solutions à leurs problèmes de population. Il constitue la source internationale la plus importante dassistance en matière de population. Environ un quart de lassistance des pays donateurs aux pays en développement dans ce domaine passe par le FNUAP.
Mauritania - Government mauritania S GOVERNANCE EPITOMIZES a cycle all too evident throughout first time mauritania s growing understanding of the limits of government as this http://countrystudies.us/mauritania/52.htm
Extractions: Government Mauritania Table of Contents Prior to independence, Mauritania served as a bridge between the Maghrib and West Africa, with strong cultural links to the former and equally strong economic and administrative ties to the latter. Like Sudan and Chad, which also link Arab North Africa with black Africa, Mauritania suffered internal social and political problems as cultures collided. The potential for conflict was strengthened by the proliferation of particularist-regional political parties before independence. These parties, composed exclusively of either ArabBerbers (Maures) or one of several black ethnic groups and advocating union with Arab Morocco or with black Mali, tended to aggravate existing cleavages. To overcome the structural problems intrinsic to the Mauritanian polity, its first president, Moktar Ould Daddah, resorted to one-party rule with a strong executive branch. Although the Constitution of 1961 called for some power-sharing between the president and the legislature, the National Assembly, in practice, routinely supported presidential initiatives, and government remained highly centralized. Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara conflict and the resulting ruin of the Mauritanian economy led to a military coup in July 1978. Daddah was detained and later exiled, and his government was replaced by the eighteen-member Military Committee for National Recovery (Comité Militaire de Redressement NationalCMRN) with Lieutenant Colonel Mustapha Salek as president.
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Extractions: Mauritania-Travel ICL - Mauritania - Constitution ... AI on Mauritania - Amnesty International Publications on Mauritania Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan - Brings together all races, creeds, and nationalities to collectively fight for the eradication of the chattel enslavement of black Africans. Ethnologue: Mauritania - Languages of Mauritania - General information on the Peace Corps Volunteers in Mauritania. Rift Valley fever in Mauritania - EMC disease outbreak news from 1998 Scenes From Mauritania - Series of picture on Mauritania from American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage. USCR: Mauritania - US Committee for Refugees (USCR) defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons worldwide regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology or social group.
Mauritania - Government Finances mauritania. government Finances. In 1986, with IMF and World Bank support, thegovernment prepared its first consolidated budget. http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-8555.html
Extractions: Country Listing Mauritania Table of Contents In 1986, with IMF and World Bank support, the government prepared its first consolidated budget. Before this, budgetary procedures covered only expenditures financed through domestic resources. The new procedures covered all financing sources used by the government in a budget encompassing both internally and externally financed current and capital expenditures. Between 1979 and 1984, expenditures on current operations averaged UM10.5 billion. Typically, domestic revenues covered about two-thirds of this amount; the balance was financed by direct external budgetary support. Between 1978 and 1983, the government wage bill (including military salaries) constituted the largest line item of current expenditures. The second largest expenditure was for equipment and supplies. In addition to current expenditures, the central government budget allocated smaller amounts for capital expenditures, which amounted to the government's contribution to the public investment program. Capital expenditures accounted for only between 8 and 11 percent of the total budget in the period 1979- 83, far less than current expenditures. Mauritania's domestic revenue base was very narrow and depended on the iron and fishing export industries and the service sector. Total government revenues were derived from taxes and nontax revenues. Between 1981 and 1986, nontax revenues accounted for from 11 to 20 percent of the total and consisted of fish royalties, penalties, and revenue transfers from public enterprises. Tax revenues were derived mainly from taxes on international trade and on income and profits. Between 1981 and 1986, taxes on international trade (of which import taxes were the most important) averaged 41 percent of all revenues, and taxes on income and profits represented 26 percent. Taxes on wages and salaries averaged more than 14 percent of all government revenues for this period.
Mauritania - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS mauritania. government AND POLITICS. government Following coup in 1984, governanceby twentyone-member Military Committee for National Salvation (Comité http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-8470.html
Extractions: Country Listing Mauritania Table of Contents Government: Following coup in 1984, governance by twenty-one-member Military Committee for National Salvation (Comité Militaire de Salut NationalCMSN). CMSN members, military officers of varying rank and status, represented sometimes disparate, sometimes overlapping corporate and ethnic interests; issues decided by consensus. President, elected by CMSN members, appointed a cabinet, which administered policies decided by CMSN. Administrative Divisions: Divided into twelve regions, each of which was both a judicial district and an administrative subdivision headed by a governor. Foreign Affairs: Member of Nonaligned Movement; maintained friendly ties with East and West. As economy weakened and economic dependence deepened, developed closer ties with wealthier Middle Eastern and Maghribi states and strengthened relations with Soviet Union and China. Data as of June 1988
Mauritania - GOVERNMENT mauritania government. mauritania. mauritania S GOVERNANCE EPITOMIZES a cycleall too Legal System Local government Local Elections. mauritania http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/mauritania/GOVERNMENT.html
Extractions: COUNTRY STUDIES Mauritania Prior to independence, Mauritania served as a bridge between the Maghrib and West Africa, with strong cultural links to the former and equally strong economic and administrative ties to the latter. Like Sudan and Chad, which also link Arab North Africa with black Africa, Mauritania suffered internal social and political problems as cultures collided. The potential for conflict was strengthened by the proliferation of particularist-regional political parties before independence. These parties, composed exclusively of either ArabBerbers (Maures) or one of several black ethnic groups and advocating union with Arab Morocco or with black Mali, tended to aggravate existing cleavages. To overcome the structural problems intrinsic to the Mauritanian polity, its first president, Moktar Ould Daddah, resorted to one-party rule with a strong executive branch. Although the Constitution of 1961 called for some power-sharing between the president and the legislature, the National Assembly, in practice, routinely supported presidential initiatives, and government remained highly centralized. Daddah's ill-fated participation in the Western Sahara conflict and the resulting ruin of the Mauritanian economy led to a military coup in July 1978. Daddah was detained and later exiled, and his government was replaced by the eighteen-member Military Committee for National Recovery (Comité Militaire de Redressement NationalCMRN) with Lieutenant Colonel Mustapha Salek as president.
Mauritania : Government And Politics Front Page mauritania government and Politics Reader Ads. Union des ForcesDémocratiques / Ere Nouvelle Opposition party of mauritania. http://lexicorient.com/mau_gov.htm
Government - Mauritania - Africa government, mauritania, africa. mauritania, government. A 1961 constitution,promulgated soon after mauritania became an independent republic, http://www.countriesquest.com/africa/mauritania/government.htm
Extractions: home Africa Mauritania Government Mauritania, Government A 1961 constitution, promulgated soon after Mauritania became an independent republic, was suspended in 1978 following a coup detat. Subsequently, legislative and executive power was vested in what became known as the Military Committee for National Salvation. The committee was headed by a chairman, who served as president of the country, and included 23 other permanent members in the late 1980s. A council of ministers, appointed by the committee, consisted of 22 members and included the prime minister. A new constitution approved by referendum in July 1991 declares Mauritania to be an Islamic, African, and Arab republic. The constitution provides for an executive president, elected for a six-year term, and for a bicameral legislature, consisting of a national assembly and a senate. deeper links
