150 inhabitants is planned as well as a drinking water system for each district with more than 500 inhabitants with the possibility of individual pipe connections. -Meeting the obligations set out in paragraphs 92 (4) to (15) Article 5 of the Water Code stipulates that: “water resources shall be reserved as a priority for drinking water supply of populations”. Article 6 affirms the public ownership of water specifying that: “surface, ground or atmospheric waters, regardless of their location within the boundaries of the national territory, are considered a joint asset and, in this regard, form an integral part of the State’s public domain which is inalienable and imprescriptible”. These provisions indicate that private property or the privatization of water supply services cannot in any way adversely affect the sustainability of water supply. Article 3 of the Code addresses issues relating to the protection of water resources against all forms of pollution. It stipulates that: “water management shall be conducted in a comprehensive, sustainable and harmonious manner”. “Its purpose is to ensure: (1) quantitative protection of existing resources and exploration of new resources; (2) protection against all forms of pollution; (3) preservation of aquatic ecosystems; (4) fight against waste and over-exploitation…”. Lastly, Title III of the Water Code is focuses entirely on the protection of resources in their natural environment and combatting water pollution. Paragraph 6: Right to Take Part in Cultural Life (art. 17.2) The promotion of cultural rights is among the concerns of the Government. Efforts deployed in this regard can be measured through the establishment of public institutions for the management of the cultural sector and related rights as well as the ratification and development of a normative framework which takes into account these rights. Cultural rights refer to the entitlement of any individual or group of individuals to respect of their culture, identity and cultural expression, beliefs, their right to education, cultural heritage, both material and immaterial, as well respect for cultural diversity and their modes of expression. -Normative and institutional framework of cultural rights in Mauritania Mauritania has ratified key international human rights treaties which include important provisions on cultural rights such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. 45