New Permanent Representative of Mauritania Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Aicha Vall Verges, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Verges had been serving as Director of the Office of the Prime Minister of Mauritania since 2021.  She has also held various leadership roles within the Mauritanian Government, including as Minister of Social Affairs, Children and Families (2012–2013), State Inspector General (2011-2012), Secretary of State for Information and Communication Technologies (2008), and Deputy Director General of the National Agency for the Promotion of Youth Employment (2005-2008).

Ms. Verges also has experience in Geneva, having served as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for a four-year term from 2016.  A staunch defender of women’s rights, she has also served as President of the Association for Preventive Health for Women since 2008, and of the Network of Mauritanian Women Leaders since 2018.  Further, she has written numerous publications addressing issues related to gender and women’s rights.

Born in Kiffa, Mauritania, in 1965, Ms. Verges holds master’s degrees on the management of political economics (2003) and on the management of economic sciences (1991).

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