Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1968)

The Committee notes that pursuant to Decree 008/2006 of 9 January 2006 increasing the minimum wage (SMIG), the minimum monthly pension has been increased by 267 per cent (from 4,715 Ouguiya (MRO) to MRO12,600) and that new pensions paid as of 1 January 2005 have been readjusted. Pensions not concerned by the increase of the SMIG have been increased by 30 per cent. Furthermore, the Committee notes the information received in 2009 and 2010 from the Association of Pensioners of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), stating that pensioners have not benefited from the increase of pensions, despite the increase of the SMIG. The Association states further that the CNSS acts in breach of the national laws and decrees and escapes the necessary supervision by the Government.

In the light of these allegations, the Committee would like the Government to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied in Mauritania including, for instance, extracts from official reports and information on any practical difficulties in the application of the Convention.