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    FORUM HELD TO DISCUSS ARMENIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION OBLIGATIONS

    armradio.am
    02.07.2008 11:40

    Representatives of civil society organizations, state agencies,
    international organizations, the private sector, and the media
    discussed Armenia's international obligations to fight corruption
    during Armenia's first Anti-Corruption Forum held today in the Armenia
    Marriott Hotel in Yerevan.

    The forum, organized by the USAID Mobilizing Action Against Corruption
    Activity (MAAC), in cooperation with UNDP, served as an arena
    for discussions between interested parties and the Anti-Corruption
    Strategy Monitoring Commission on the current state of international
    obligations, especially as they relate to the new Anti-Corruption
    Strategy being developed by the Government.

    Among the topics discussed in this first of a series of forums
    planned on corruption-related matters that MAAC will organize
    in Yerevan and the regions were Armenia's obligations within the
    framework of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, the OECD
    Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Istanbul
    Anti-Corruption Action Plan), and the Council of Europe Group of States
    Against Corruption (GRECO). Also discussed was the role of the new
    Anti-Corruption Strategy in assuring compliance with these obligations.

    The Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan; the U.S. Embassy
    Chargé d'Affaires, Joseph Pennington; the UN Resident Coordinator
    in Armenia, Consuelo Vidal; the Head of OSCE Yerevan Office, Sergey
    Kapinos; and the Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Strategy Monitoring
    Commission and Assistant to the President of Armenia, Gevorg Mheryan,
    delivered opening remarks.

    In his opening remarks, U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires stated:
    "The U.S. Government recognizes the important steps the Armenian
    Government has already taken by becoming signature to several key
    international obligations. Today's forum provides an important arena
    for government, the private sector, and civil society to come together
    in a joint fight against corruption."

    --Boundary_(ID_yjx0kKvsVpzLAR69 cXoudA)--
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