2nd conference of ACINET opens in Sana`a

SANA'A, July 26 (Saba) - Prime Minister Ali
Mujawar launched on Monday the second conference of the Arab Anti-Corruption and
Integrity
Network ACINET being attended by 100 delegates from 17 Arab countries and
international organizations.
He delivered a speech in which he hoped the conference would produce
recommendations that will contribute to boosting anti-corruption efforts in the
Arab World.
Corruption has become a big challenge before the governments and communities in the
world, though the level of its damages varies from a country to another, he said.
Corruption swallows up the peoples' wealth, weakens the rule of law, disrupts the
social justice, wastes human and natural resources, undermines the political
process
and is a roadblock to investment, the premier said.
Hence, the efforts to fight this pandemic must be promoted to achieve sustainable
development, he said.
Owing to the necessity for cooperation on fighting corruption, countries have
rushed to take measures to eradicate it including ratifying the UN Convention
against Corruption,
he said.
Furthermore, Mujawar underlined the efforts of the Yemeni government in combating
corruption including the establishment of the Supreme National Anti-Corruption
Commission
in 2007.
The governmental program presented to Parliament in 2007 before forming the body
focused on institutional building and promoting the role of wise governance and
fighting
corruption, he made clear.
Transparency and fighting corruption were given priority within the executive
package of national reforms, he said, adding that the government showed commitment
to implementing
political, economic and social reforms based on using the national resources for
sustainable development and the effective implementation of the national strategy
for combating
poverty.
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