ARMENIA ADDS TO ITS ARMORY UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

YEREVAN, MAY 20. ARMINFO. Armenia signed a UN Convention against
corruption. Its aim is to prevent and extirpate this occurrence by
strengthening of international cooperation and rendering technical
assistance to member-countries.

As ARMINFO was informed in the UN Yerevan Office, the signing
ceremony took place May 19 at the UN headquarters in New-York. The
document was signed by Armenia’s permanent representative to the
UN Armen Martirossyan. According to the source, the Convention was
approved by the General Assembly on October 31, 2003 and signed by 123
countries. It will come into force only after its ratification by 30
countries. Byelorussia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania and Turkmenistan are
amongst those 22 countries ratified the Convention. This international
agreement provides measures on preventing corruption, punishment of
those guilty, as well as mechanisms of international cooperation in
the fight against it. It obliges the affiliated countries to carry
out a counteraction policy against corruption, to adopt appropriate
laws and establish special bodies for the fight against this
occurrence. According to the Convention, the states should try to get
their officials are to be incorruptible, honest and responsible. -r-