Sudan Participates in the Ministerial Meeting of Anti-corruption law Enforcement

Agencies

Sudan participated in the ministerial meeting of the anti-corruption law enforcement agencies in the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to endorse holy Makkah Agreement on 20-21, with a delegation headed by the General Adviser, Dr. Ibrahim Muhammad Ahmad Dreij, at the invitation of Mr. Hussein Ibrahim Taha, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Mr. Mazen bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, Chairman of the Control and Anti-Corruption Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The head of the delegation gave a speech on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Sudan, thanking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting the meetings and for the good arrangement of the program, and thanked the organization for its efforts towards cooperation among member states, especially with regard to preparing the agreement.
He also addressed the seriousness of corruption at the local, regional and international levels as a threat to development , and contributed an important intervention on the challenges that will face the implementation of the Convention, especially in light of the lack of definition of the Convention for the term corruption and the failure of some countries to enact an anti-corruption law.
Non-members of the organization, regional and international organizations participated in the meetings, including the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Secretary-General of Interpol, the President of the Egmont Group, and the President of the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences.

Two panel discussions were devoted to the first agreement on cooperation between law enforcement agencies to combat corruption, the challenges facing cooperation, and the experiences of countries in this field, in addition to discussing the challenges of implementing the agreement, solutions and proposals.

Everyone underscored the approval of the agreement as an opportunity for cooperation between member states to enforce anti-corruption laws. They also underscored that the meeting was an opportunity to exchange experiences and to define the position of each country on combating corruption.