Posted on 11/13/2009 12:46:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A U.N. official says an agreement has been reached for sweeping anti-corruption reviews on how countries account for their public assets.
.. The head of the U.N. office leading anti-corruption efforts, Antonio Maria Costa, calls it a landmark decision to track and return public funds looted by political leaders and others.
.. opens the way for U.N. inspectors and non-governmental groups to probe more than 140 countries that have signed the U.N. anti-corruption convention.
.. allows countries to block the outside visits and offer their own assessments. Activist groups complain this is too weak.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Yeah? Well who is gonna review the UN’s handling of assets?
Who is Antonio Maria Costa?
http://www.un.org/sg/senstaff_details.asp?smgID=8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Maria_Costa
The U.N. fighting corruption? Someone is making a funny!
AFP: Newly agreed UN corruption deal panned as 'toothless'
DOHA (AFP) – Conference delegates meeting in the Qatari capital on Friday backed a tightening of the United Nations anti-corruption programme but lobby groups immediately slammed the deal as a lost opportunity.
"The sword of justice just got sharper," Qatar Attorney General Ali al-Marri, the conference chairman, said after countries approved a mechanism to monitor implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
But Christian Aid, Global Witness, and Tearfund said in a joint statement: "China, Russia and Egypt are among governments who have weakened proposals to ensure signatory countries live up to their commitments."
"Shamefully, a handful of countries have rendered UNCAC toothless. This fudged agreement begs the question: what do governments have to hide?" Christian Aid's Adele Poskitt said in the statement.
Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, insisted: "This agreement will not end corruption, but it will enable us to measure and fight it."
The legally binding convention, launched in 2003, obliges the 142 signatory countries to prevent and criminalise corruption, promote international cooperation, recover stolen assets, and improve technical assistance and information exchange.
Knaw, they wouldn’t fight it, they’d just say “pay us some of that money, no one needs to find out about it”
On the 3rd and last FRiday the 13th of the year too..
:-)
I do believe that Kofi Annon is my personal favorite when it comes to corruption. But then again, there are so many to choose from.
Oil-for-Food is all anyone needs to know about the UN’s stance on handling of assets
Is the UN going after ACORN and Mirtha?
This is not just the fox guarding the henhouse, it's 150 foxes with a proven record of mass murder guarding the henhouse.
Plus the UN, the biggest criminal rip off artist in recent memory.
If this comes out of Dubai, even if they were just telling me the time, I would check three other sources...
The only way to make that funnier would be if they put Bernie Madoff or Kojo Annan in charge of oversight.
So these clowns will come in and inspect to make sure we are up to thier standards of corruption.
Gotta be a joke ..............
Shoot...this an “investment” ...they’ll reap billions in bribes from the various oligarchs to keep their yaps shut....
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