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Article: United Nations Convention against Corruption.
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- May 11, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2004-UN: United Nations Convention against Corruption(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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VIENNA, (UN Information Service) -- More than 120 governments met in the southern Mexican city of Merida in December last year for a signing conference for the first legally binding international agreement to fight corruption: the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Under the terms of the United Nations General Assembly-approved Convention against Corruption, ratifying countries will enter into a legal obligation to:
- Criminalize an array of corrupt practices;
- Develop national institutions to prevent ...