Arab Parliamentary Conference on the UN Convention Against Corruption

Cairo - Egypt, 15/06/2005 - 16/06/2005.

Organizer(s): In partnership with the Egyptian People’s Assembly and Arab Region Parliamentarians Against Corruption with the technical support of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime and participation of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights.

This regional parliamentary conference was organized in an effort to raise MPs’ awareness about the principles of the UNCAC and how the Convention could be used as a powerful tool to fight corruption and limit its impact at the economic, social, political and institutional levels. The discussions highlighted the legislative and oversight role of parliamentarians and most notably the importance of an integrated, multi-disciplinary and broad-based approach involving a variety of stakeholders during both the ratification and implementation phases.

The conference was attended by a large number of MPs from the region, and also by key representatives of the judiciary, oversight institutions, civil society organizations, the private sector, and the media.