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Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:10
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UAE closes over 500 files of former Mauritanian jockeys
Nouakchott, Feb 3, 2009 (WAM) - The UAE and Mauritania yesterday closed some 560 dossiers of Mauritanian children who once worked as camel jockeys in the UAE.
Special ceremony to this respect was held during a meeting between Brigadier Nasser Al Awadhi Al-Minhali, Chairman of the UAE Special Committee for Rehabilitation of Camel Jockeys and Mauritanian Minister of Women's Promotion, Childhood and Family Salama bint Sheikhna.
The UAE top officer is visiting Mauritania to oversee the implementation of a UAE-backed UNICEF programme for ensuring the speedy rehabilitation of former Mauritanian camel jockeys. The UAE has carried out 26 humanitarian social and economic projects for rehabilitation of those children and their integration into the society.
The Mauritanian minister paid tribute to the UAE for its human handling of the camel jockeys' issue and launching programmes in support of those children and their families.
The UAE official assured the Mauritanian minister of the firm determination of UAE President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and other UAE leaders to protect those children and offer proper care to them.
In 2005, the UAE government banned the employment of children as camel jockeys, and signed an agreement with UNICEF to repatriate former camel jockeys to their home countries and reintegrate them into their original communities in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan and Mauritania.
The UNICEF programme also prioritizes the protection of children from trafficking and abuse, providing them with education and basic social services for alleviating poverty.
Al Minhali also visited Dahmane Ould Mabrouck, Governor of Nouakchott and met with Mohammed Ould Al Sheikh Al Hadi, Director General of National Security.
Special ceremony to this respect was held during a meeting between Brigadier Nasser Al Awadhi Al-Minhali, Chairman of the UAE Special Committee for Rehabilitation of Camel Jockeys and Mauritanian Minister of Women's Promotion, Childhood and Family Salama bint Sheikhna.
The UAE top officer is visiting Mauritania to oversee the implementation of a UAE-backed UNICEF programme for ensuring the speedy rehabilitation of former Mauritanian camel jockeys. The UAE has carried out 26 humanitarian social and economic projects for rehabilitation of those children and their integration into the society.
The Mauritanian minister paid tribute to the UAE for its human handling of the camel jockeys' issue and launching programmes in support of those children and their families.
The UAE official assured the Mauritanian minister of the firm determination of UAE President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and other UAE leaders to protect those children and offer proper care to them.
In 2005, the UAE government banned the employment of children as camel jockeys, and signed an agreement with UNICEF to repatriate former camel jockeys to their home countries and reintegrate them into their original communities in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan and Mauritania.
The UNICEF programme also prioritizes the protection of children from trafficking and abuse, providing them with education and basic social services for alleviating poverty.
Al Minhali also visited Dahmane Ould Mabrouck, Governor of Nouakchott and met with Mohammed Ould Al Sheikh Al Hadi, Director General of National Security.
