VIENNA: Saudi Arabia and the United Nations have signed an agreement to implement capacity-building programmes to promote integrity and combat corruption from 2027 to 2029.
The agreement was signed on Friday at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna by the President of the Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), Mazin bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, and the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Monica Juma, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
المملكة والأمم المتحدة توقّعان اتفاقًا لتأهيل الكفاءات الوطنية في مكافحة الفساد.
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The signing ceremony was attended by Saudi Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to International Organisations in Vienna, Dr Abdullah bin Khalid Tawlah.
The agreement aims to strengthen institutional capacity in promoting integrity and combating corruption, develop expertise in related fields, and enhance cooperation through specialised programmes and activities that support efforts to prevent and address corruption.
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It also reinforces the strategic partnership between Saudi Arabia, represented by Nazaha, and the United Nations, represented by UNODC, under the memorandum of understanding signed by both sides in 2018.
