GCC anti-corruption meeting in Kuwait Sunday

A GCC meeting of heads of departments in charge of fighting corruption in GCC states, to be held here next Sunday, seeks to address, among other things, the feasibility of having a GCC agreement signed on fighting corruption regionally, said a statement issued by the GCC Secretariat on Tuesday.The meeting also intends to have the GCC states join the UN Convention Against Corruption, as the EU has done, as well as join the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) which is an international organization based in Austria.IACA aims to substantially contribute to the global fight against corruption by addressing shortcomings in knowledge and practice in the field. Its principal mission is to deliver anti-corruption education and training for professionals and practitioners from all sectors of society. IACA has a constituency of 58 UN Member States and 3 international organizations.The Sunday meeting in Kuwait moreover is due to discuss the possibility of establishing a permanent apparatus to handle communication among the GCC anti-corruption departments by coordinating their efforts in dealing with anti-corruption issues.Attending the meeting will be the GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani.