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:

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UN COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

CONCLUDES TWELFTH SESSION IN VIENNA, 13-22 MAY

UN, PORTUGAL COOPERATE IN PROMOTING CONVENTIONS AGAINST CRIME,

TERRORISM AND CORRUPTION

VIENNA, 22 May (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Ministry of Justice of Portugal have signed a new agreement regarding the provision of assistance to Portuguese-speaking countries for the ratification of United Nations conventions and protocols against organized crime and terrorism.

PENITENTIARY REFORM PROJECT IN AFGHANISTAN LAUNCHED

VIENNA, 20 May (UN Information Service) -- On 17 May, Andul Rahim Karimi, the Minister of Justice of Afghanistan, and Mohammad Reza Amirkhizi, the Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Afghanistan, signed a document on reform of the penitentiary system at a ceremony held in the Ministry of Justice in Kabul.

THEMATIC DISCUSSION ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS HELD AS PART OF TWELFTH SESSION

OF COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN,

TO BE FOCUS OF UN CRIME COMMISSION MEETING

40-Member Body to Hold Twelfth Session in Vienna from 13 - 22 May 2003

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VIENNA, 13 May (UN Information Service) -- Human trafficking, especially in women and children, will be the focus of discussion at the twelfth session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice beginning today.

OPEN DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND WORLD GOVERNANCE

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VIENNA, 3 February (UN Information Service) -- The issue of terrorism prevention strategies will be discussed by a group of experts during an upcoming meeting to be held in Turin.

ORGANIZED CRIME MUST BE TACKLED FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

Bonn Conference on Cross Border Crime, 16-17 December

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