(As Reported in Qatar Tribune)DOHA The Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani opened the 6th Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity here on Saturday in the presence of UN representatives NGO, ministers, jurists and attorney-generals from all over the world besides 40 experts.
The two-day conference is discussing issues such as separation of powers, independence of judiciary, promoting a culture of integrity, partnership between the public and private sectors in ensuring transparency— all vital weapons in the fight against corruption .
In his inaugural speech, HH the Emir asserted that the high-level participation in such a forum reflected the international concern over lack of transparency and the evil of corruption flourishing worldwide, the importance of the topics raised for discussion at the forum and the important role the previous global forums had played at the national and international levels in fighting corruption.
HH the Emir pointed out, “These forums underline the importance of international cooperation to root out corruption which is a global phenomenon affecting the rich, the poor, developed and underdeveloped countries alike.” HH the Emir stressed that corruption had several dimensions, such as social, economic, moral, educational, cultural, religious and political.
“The fight against corruption can’t be confined to only one front; it has to have an integrated mechanism that must include all those elements and find appropriate solutions.
HH the Emir warned that once the political, social and economic systems of the states failed to ensure the basic political rights, welfare and decent living conditions for their citizens, any talk of fighting corruption would be useless.
HH the Emir opening notes were followed by assertion of commitment by US Attorney- General Eric Holder to the ‘fight against corruption wherever it manifests itself.’ Holder outlined three steps of cooperation to fight the plague of corruption.
The first is to renew efforts for ratification and full implementation of UN Convention Against Corruption.
The second step is to ensure corrupt officials do not retain the illicit proceeds of their corrupt acts.
Third, governments must end official impunity from the legal consequences of their corrupt acts.
The inauguration ceremony was attended among others by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry HE Abdullah bin Hamad al Attiyah.
The two-day conference is discussing issues such as separation of powers, independence of judiciary, promoting a culture of integrity, partnership between the public and private sectors in ensuring transparency— all vital weapons in the fight against corruption .
In his inaugural speech, HH the Emir asserted that the high-level participation in such a forum reflected the international concern over lack of transparency and the evil of corruption flourishing worldwide, the importance of the topics raised for discussion at the forum and the important role the previous global forums had played at the national and international levels in fighting corruption.
HH the Emir pointed out, “These forums underline the importance of international cooperation to root out corruption which is a global phenomenon affecting the rich, the poor, developed and underdeveloped countries alike.” HH the Emir stressed that corruption had several dimensions, such as social, economic, moral, educational, cultural, religious and political.
“The fight against corruption can’t be confined to only one front; it has to have an integrated mechanism that must include all those elements and find appropriate solutions.
HH the Emir warned that once the political, social and economic systems of the states failed to ensure the basic political rights, welfare and decent living conditions for their citizens, any talk of fighting corruption would be useless.
HH the Emir opening notes were followed by assertion of commitment by US Attorney- General Eric Holder to the ‘fight against corruption wherever it manifests itself.’ Holder outlined three steps of cooperation to fight the plague of corruption.
The first is to renew efforts for ratification and full implementation of UN Convention Against Corruption.
The second step is to ensure corrupt officials do not retain the illicit proceeds of their corrupt acts.
Third, governments must end official impunity from the legal consequences of their corrupt acts.
The inauguration ceremony was attended among others by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry HE Abdullah bin Hamad al Attiyah.
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