Sharm El-Sheikh, Dec 18 : The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations (UN) Convention against Corruption concluded in Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh on Friday.
The five-day event was attended by more than 2,000 representatives from 152 countries, including China, in-person or virtually, Xinhua news agency reported.
The attendees held in-depth discussions on key topics including the implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption, global anti-corruption cooperation, asset recovery, corruption prevention, and technical assistance.The session also adopted eight resolutions on such fields as strengthening law enforcement cooperation in anti-corruption, and education and publicity.
On the sidelines of the conference, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng met via video link with Ghada Waly, director-general of the UN Office at Vienna and executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, during which they exchanged views on issues like global anti-corruption governance and strengthening bilateral cooperation.
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Egypt is the final stoppage of UN Anti-Corruption Conference
Participants had in-depth discussions about key issues such as the UN Convention against Corruption implementation, anti-corruption cooperation globally, asset recovery and corruption prevention.
Eight resolutions were also passed by the session on topics such as education, public relations and strengthening anti-corruption law enforcement cooperation.
Xiefeng, the Chinese vice foreign minister, met with Ghada Waly (director-general, UN Office at Vienna, executive director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime), via video link.
They exchanged ideas on global anti-corruption governance and strengthening bilateral collaboration.
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