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SOC/CP/239

ANTI-CORRUPTION COORDINATION MEETING CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

05/02/2002
Press Release
SOC/CP/239


ANTI-CORRUPTION COORDINATION MEETING CONCLUDES IN VIENNA


VIENNA, 5 February (UN Information Service) -- Steps to improve information sharing and best practices across the United Nations and other partners in the fight against corruption were discussed at an inter-agency anti-corruption coordination meeting in Vienna on 4 and 5 February 2002.

SOC/CP/234

CORRUPTION TO BE CENTRAL THEME OF UPCOMING UNITED NATIONS CRIME COMMISSION MEETING

07/05/2001
Press Release
SOC/CP/234


CORRUPTION TO BE CENTRAL THEME OF UPCOMING UNITED NATIONS


CRIME COMMISSION MEETING


40-Member Body Will Hold Tenth Session in Vienna from 8 to 17 May


(Reissued as received)


VIENNA, 7 May (UN Information Service) -- Progress in fighting corruption will be the chief focus as 40 governments and observers convene here starting

SOC/CP/232

FIRST UN TREATY AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME ADOPTED BY ASSEMBLY

15 November 2000


Press Release
SOC/CP/232


FIRST UN TREATY AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME ADOPTED BY ASSEMBLY

20001115

VIENNA, 15 November (United Nations Information Service) -- With increasing international alarm at the growing power of criminal groups and their involvement in new and alarmingly exploitative crimes, the General Assembly today adopted the first international treaty to address these concerns.