Qatar highlights efforts in UN anti-corruption drive

Qatar informed member parties of the United Nations Convention against Corruption on its effort to facilitate international co-operation to implement the convention. HE Permanent Representative of the State to the United Nations and international organisations in Vienna Ambassador Sultan bin Salmeen al-Mansoori, during his participation at the ninth forum of Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption held on the sidelines of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption, discussed the highlights of these efforts.

Such highlights included Qatar's hosting of 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice back in April 2015. HE al-Mansoori also mentioned Qatar's hosting of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption back in 2009 as another highlight. He also said that Qatar launched a unique initiative when it announced the annual HH the Amir's International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award.

HE al-Mansoori also drew attention to the establishment of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center in Doha in 2011, in order to build specialised knowledge and raise individual and institutional competencies in a way that leads to strengthening the rule of law and combating corruption, explaining that it is a non-governmental center specialised in research, training and providing technical support to countries of the world in the areas of the rule of law. and anti-corruption.

The Ambassador also discussed Qatar's contribution at the regional level, which included participating in forming the Arab anti-corruption agreement, in addition to the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority's hosting of many workshops on the best practices in fighting corruption among other related subject.

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