CORRUPTION CONVENTION TALKS TO CONTINUE IN SEPTEMBER

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VIENNA, 11 August (UN Information Service) -- Major breakthroughs were achieved during the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of a Convention against Corruption, held in Vienna from 21 July to 9 August, including an agreement on the recovery of assets resulting from corruption and on a broad scope of preventive measures.

UNODC STRENGTHENS COOPERATION AMONG INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION

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VIENNA, 29 July (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Vienna-based anti-crime programme is spearheading efforts to enhance cooperation among various United Nations agencies and other international organizations to put in place an effective coordinating mechanism to fight international corruption.

UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION:  FINAL ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS BEGINS IN VIENNA

Ad Hoc Committee for Negotiation of Convention

Against Corruption Begins Sixth Session, 21 July - 8 August

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VIENNA, 21 July (UN Information Service) -- The final round of negotiations on the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the first such global instrument, resumed here this morning. 

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME DEVELOPS

MODEL LAWS TO HELP COMBAT TERRORISM

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EXPERT MEETING ON WORLD CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORT TO BE HELD 26 - 28 JUNE

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VIENNA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will jointly organize an expert meeting on the World Crime and Justice Report, 2004-2005, on 26-28 June at the CRT Foundation in Turin, Italy.

UNICEF AND UNODC JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

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VIENNA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -- On 12 June, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a Joint Plan in which they pledged to join forces to combat trafficking in persons.

UNICRI AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IN DEFENCE OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN ANGOLA

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UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOIN FORCES TO CURB CORRUPTION

Hungary Presents UN Anti-Corruption Pilot Project to European Union Experts

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‘UNITED NATIONS IS IN FRONT LINE IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO HARVARD PROGRAMME

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Executive Programme on Corruption Control and Organizational Integrity, delivered by Mr. Dileep Nair, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on 8 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SUPPORT FOR PLANNED UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, 29-31 May, delivered by Dileep Nair, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, in Seoul, Republic of Korea: