3) Mr Biram relegated the right to education as a secondary issue, while wrongly asserting that slavery still exists in my country. With regard to this, I would like to make it clear that the right to education is guaranteed for all, including ethnic minorities, without discrimination. In this context, we established an institute for ethnic minority languages as well as a department for national languages at the University of Nouakchott. At the level of the legislation, we passed a law in 2001 that makes primary education compulsory for all children from age 6. Parents or tutors who would prevent their children from going to school would be sanctioned. 4) Regarding the issue of slavery, which Mr Biram mentioned, I would like to recall that slavery has been officially abolished, and a law passed in 2007 criminalises slavery and sanctions slavery practices. Last but not least, my government puts a lot of efforts to enable access to education to children, in particular those from rural areas and vulnerable groups. We implement socio-economic programmes that fight against the legacy of slavery. Thank you Madam President.