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terça-feira, dezembro 14, 2004
It was one year ago in Merida, Mexico, when 114 nations signed the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). To date, 14 have ratified the convention
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As the World Bank and others mark the one year anniversary, there's a call for all countries --particularly rich countries -- to sign onto the pact.
World Bank Institute governance director Daniel Kaufmann, who led the Bank’s team at the signing ceremony a year ago, says it was a really significant achievement for the UN to get consensus around the globe to combat corruption, through the convention.
However he says all countries that have ratified it are from emerging economies.
"It is therefore critical that rich countries accelerate their ratification process, with a view for this convention to come into full force (after 30 ratifications) early in 2005.
Kaufman says corruption is not a "popular topic" in official circles. Nor it is easy to embrace like attacking poverty.
"No matter how politically sensistive it may be though, corruption is a major impediment to any strategy to attain sustained growth, reduce poverty and infant mortality, and to reach key developmental and also global security objectives," he says.
"Corruption and misgoverance are still highly prevalent today - worldwide - although the extent, manifestations and consequences vary from setting to setting."
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News - A Call for Action on the Anniversary of the UN Anti-Corruption Convention
As the World Bank and others mark the one year anniversary, there's a call for all countries --particularly rich countries -- to sign onto the pact.
World Bank Institute governance director Daniel Kaufmann, who led the Bank’s team at the signing ceremony a year ago, says it was a really significant achievement for the UN to get consensus around the globe to combat corruption, through the convention.
However he says all countries that have ratified it are from emerging economies.
"It is therefore critical that rich countries accelerate their ratification process, with a view for this convention to come into full force (after 30 ratifications) early in 2005.
Kaufman says corruption is not a "popular topic" in official circles. Nor it is easy to embrace like attacking poverty.
"No matter how politically sensistive it may be though, corruption is a major impediment to any strategy to attain sustained growth, reduce poverty and infant mortality, and to reach key developmental and also global security objectives," he says.
"Corruption and misgoverance are still highly prevalent today - worldwide - although the extent, manifestations and consequences vary from setting to setting."
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News - A Call for Action on the Anniversary of the UN Anti-Corruption Convention
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