Annual Report on Progress in
Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption
At its
eighth regular meeting, held at the headquarters of the Organization of
American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C., from September 26 to 30, 2005,
the Committee of Experts of the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the
Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption
(MESICIC) adopted an amendment to its Rules of Procedure and Other
Provisions which included the following provisions, among others:
“Article 31. Reports
within the framework of the Committee meetings. At each Committee meeting, each State Party shall
submit a brief verbal report on the measures that it has adopted since the
previous meeting, and on progress made in implementing the Convention. An
electronic copy of these reports, which shall not exceed 5 pages in
length, shall be published on the Internet
web page of the Mechanism.
Article 32. Annual
Progress Reports.
The Secretariat shall annually compile the results mentioned in the
foregoing paragraph, which shall be published as the “Annual Report on
Progress in Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against
Corruption.” This compilation shall be published each year on World
Anti-Corruption Day, and shall be disseminated via the Internet web page
of the Mechanism, and otherwise publicized.”
Accordingly,
provided herewith are the yearly progress reports referred to in Article
32 above:
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2005