UN code urged on corruption

BUENOS AIRES - A UN panel on corruption meeting in Argentina recommended yesterday the urgent creation of an international convention…

BUENOS AIRES - A UN panel on corruption meeting in Argentina recommended yesterday the urgent creation of an international convention to stop the globalisation of corruption and bribery.

A panel of 10 experts, ing the former US attorney general, Mr Dick Thornburgh, and Russian Accounts Tribunal chief, Mr Fyodor Shelyuto, urged the UN Secretary General to make this a matter of high priority".

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