Mauritania

In its initial transparency report submitted on 20 June 2001, Mauritania reported stockpiled anti-personnel mines under its ownership or possession or under its jurisdiction or control.

Notwithstanding the obligation to destroy all stockpiled anti-personnel mines, the Convention permits the retention of the minimum number of anti-personnel mines absolutely necessary for the development of and training in mine detection, mine clearance, or mine destruction techniques.

As of 2021, Mauritania had reported having retained 721 anti-personnel mines for these permitted purposes.

In its initial transparency report submitted on 20 June 2001, Mauritania reported stockpiled anti-personnel mines under its ownership or possession or under its jurisdiction or control.

In 2004, Mauritania reported that it had completed the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines. 

In total, Mauritania reported having destroyed 26,053 mines.

In its initial transparency reported, Mauritania reported areas under its jurisdiction or control in which anti-personnel mines are known or suspected to be emplaced.

In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Mauritania undertook to destroy or ensure the destruction of all anti-personnel mines in these areas as soon as possible but not later than 1 January 2011.

On 10 April 2010, Mauritania submitted a request to extend its deadline. The request was granted at the Tenth Meeting of the States Parties, and a new deadline set for 1 January 2016.

On 2 April 2015, Mauritania submitted a second request for an extended deadline. This request was granted at the Fourteenth Meeting of the States Parties and a new deadline set for 1 January 2021.

On 29 November 2018, at the Seventeenth Meeting of the States Parties in Geneva, Mauritania announced that it had fulfilled its obligation under Article 5 of the Convention. 

In its Article 7 report submitted on 23 June 2020, Mauritania reported the discovery of previously unknown mined areas. In accordance to Decisions taken by the Twelfth Meeting of the States Parties, Mauritania submitted, on that same date, a request for a new deadline to address these areas. On 16 September Mauritania submitted additional information to its request. The request was granted at the Eighteenth Meeting of the States Parties (18MSP) and a new deadline set for 31 January 2022.

Acting upon Decisions taken by the 18MSP, on 1 June 2021 Mauritania submitted a request to extend its mine clearance deadline. The request was granted during the Nineteenth Meeting of the States Parties, and a new deadline was set for 31 December 2026.

On 15 August 2023, Mauritania acted upon the decisions of the Nineteenth Meeting of the States Parties by submitting an updated work plan for the implementation of Article 5 of the Convention.

Extension Request Process

Annually and no later than 30 April, each State Party is to update information covering the previous calendar year. The latest Article 7 reports for this State Party can be found on this page.

Each State Party is to take all appropriate legal, administrative and other measures, including the imposition of penal sanctions, to prevent and suppress any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention undertaken by persons or on territory under its jurisdiction or control.

Mauritania has reported having established national implementation measures or that it considers existing legislation to be sufficient.