'UN to Check Anti-Corruption Promises Kept', Reuters, 13 November 2009
EXCERPT: "Countries which promise to fight corruption will now have to prove they are doing it thanks to a new series of reports, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Friday. The U.N. wants to check whether the 142 countries which have signed its legally-binding Convention against Corruption are doing more than paying it lip service.' From now on, states will be judged by the actions that they take against corruption, not the promises they make,' UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa said in a statement. 'This agreement will not end corruption, but it will enable us to measure and fight it,' he said after a week-long meeting of 125 countries in Doha where the plan was approved. The reports, which will be published from around 2011, will identify gaps in national anti-corruption laws and practices and highlight areas for improvement, the Vienna-based UNODC said. All countries will be monitored every five years."
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