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UN Convention Against Corruption

23 May 2018

The President of the General Assembly, in cooperation with the Âé¶¹APP Office on Drugs and Crime and with the involvement of relevant stakeholders, will convene a high-level debate to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption?of the Âé¶¹APP Convention against Corruption. The debate will be held on 23 May 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber at Âé¶¹APP Headquarters in New York.

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Wednesday, 23 May 2018, Trusteeship Council Chamber

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Opening segment:

? H.E. Mr. Miroslav Laj?¨¢k, President of the General Assembly;

? H.E. Mr. Ant¨®nio Guterres, Secretary-General of the Âé¶¹APP;

? USG Yury Fedotov, Executive-Director of the Âé¶¹APP Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

10.30 a.m. – 11.15 a.m. High-level segment with interventions from Member States

11.15 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

 

Moderator: Mr. John Brandolino, Director of Division of Treaty Affairs of UNODC

Interactive multi-stakeholder panel discussion on ¡°Fifteen?years of UNCAC implementation: Trends, achievements and challenges¡±

? Ms. ?Laura Codru?a K?vesi, Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate of Romania;

? Mr. Akere MUNA, Member of the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Sanctions Commissioner, African Development Bank Group;

? Ms. GUO Xiaomei, Deputy Director-General of Department of Treaty and Law of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People¡¯s Republic of China;

? Ms. Huguette Labello, Former Chair and current Individual Member, Member of the Advisory Council of Transparency International.

Lunch Break

3.00 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

 

Moderator:

Ms. Simone Monasebian, Director of UNODC New York Office

 

Interactive multi-stakeholder panel discussion on ¡°Achieving peaceful and inclusive societies through preventing and combating corruption¡±

 

? Mr. Fernando Carrillo, Inspector-Attorney General of the Republic of Colombia;

? Ms. Laura Alonso, Secretary of Public Ethics, Transparency, and Fight Against Corruption of Argentina;

? Dr. Raffaele Piccirillo, Head of the Department for Justice Affairs, Ministry of Justice of Italy;

? Mr. J.C. Weliamuna, PC, Chairman of the Special Presidential Task Force on Recovery of State Assets of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka;

? Dr. Klaus Moosmayer, Chief Compliance Officer of Siemens AG and Head of the Global Siemens Compliance Organization.

5:50 p.m. ¨C 6:00 p.m. Closing remarks by the President of the General Assembly.

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