Egypt Today “Tackling corruption is essential to protect human rights and promote democratic accountability”, said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in a video message at the 9th Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) held in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday. In his message, …
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Sharm El-Sheikh host 9th session of UN anti-corruption conference
Fatma al-Bakry – Ahram Online “Egypt host the 9th session of the Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) from 13 to 17 December in Sharm El-Sheikh”, according to UN’s official website. The conference, held every two years, is one of the world’s largest …
Read More »UN Appoints Egyptian minister Ghada Wali executive director on Drugs and Crime
Zeinab El-Gundy – Ahram Online Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali has been chosen to become the new director-general of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) and the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “Minister …
Read More »Cairo contributes towards a drug free world
Talking to representatives of the Fund for Drug Control and the Treatment of Addiction about its work on combating drug addiction inside and outside Egypt Mai Samih – Al-Ahram Weekly “I learnt that a hero is a person who helps other people… a person who helps people live better …
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