NO COUNTRY -- RICH OR POOR -- IMMUNE TO CORRUPTION, PUBLIC GOOD ALWAYS SUFFERS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRASILIA FORUM

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Brasilia, 7 June:

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION

 

AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONCLUDES 14TH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS GOOD PRACTICES

IN COMBATING, ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

Eleventh un crime congress concludes with adoption of Bangkok declaration

 

calling for action against organized crime, terrorism

Other Matters Addressed Include Human Trafficking,

Money-Laundering, Corruption, Cybercrime, Restorative Justice

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SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS ALL ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE ‘IN LARGER

FREEDOM’, CRIME CONGRESS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TOLD

Government Efforts to Combat Organized Crime,

Corruption, Terrorism Indispensable in New Collective Security System

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CRIME CONGRESS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OPENS WITH CHALLENGE TO MEET GROWING

THREATS OF TERRORISM, MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS, CYBERCRIME

Speakers Also Focus on Need for Action

To Counter Organized Crime, Corruption, Poverty

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‘AROUND-THE-CLOCK’ CAPABILITY NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT

 

CYBERCRIME, WORKSHOP TOLD

Speakers Stress Importance of International Cooperation;

UNODC Urged to Provide Technical Assistance to Member States

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WORKSHOP ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HIGHLIGHTS NEED

 

FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AS ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON

Measures Discussed Include Mediation,

Conciliation, Compensation for Victims, Community Service

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CRIMINALIZATION OF COMPUTER WRONGDOING PREREQUISITE

FOR COMBATING CYBERCRIME, WORKSHOP TOLD

Speakers in Crime Congress Workshop Address Evolving Nature

Of Cybercrime, Digital Divide, Harmonization of Laws, Cooperation with Private Sector

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WORKSHOP IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

COOPERATION IN COUNTERING ORGANIZED CRIME

Key Issues Include Reciprocity, Political Offences,

Diverse Legal Systems, Lack of Information Channels

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