UN TO MONITOR ANTI-CORRUPTION METHODS
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW United Nations monitoring system will check whether the 142 countries who have signed the UN Convention Against Corruption are fulfilling their promises to fight graft. This mechanism will use self-assessments and peer reviews by experts every five years and will be compiled in country reports, with the executive summaries made public. The system has been welcomed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), whose anti-corruption chair Francois Vincke called the initiative "a necessary and welcome achievement". He explained: ...
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