UNDP WATCH: Thirty-eight nations draft principles on anticorruption - none of which apply to United Nations Development Programme

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Thirty-eight nations draft principles on anticorruption - none of which apply to United Nations Development Programme

Click here for this story @ The Jakarta Post: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/11/26/thirty-eight-nations-draft-principles-anticorruption.html

Antigraft bodies from 38 countries are jointly drafting principles on anticorruption during a two-day conference, organized by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in Jakarta.

The antigraft body representatives from Asia, Africa, America and Europe shared their experiences and knowledge on Monday. The discussions and studies will be used as a basis for drafting the principles, which will be declared on Tuesday.

KPK chairman Abraham Samad said he hoped that the principles would help to safeguard the independence and effectiveness of antigraft bodies, as mandated in the 2003 United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).

"Besides stipulating the formation of anticorruption bodies, the UNCAC mandates that the bodies should have sufficient independence to effectively perform their mandates and free from any intervention," he said during the opening ceremony...

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