Anti-Corruption Program to be Adopted at General Assembly
The General Assembly will consider and adopt a revised version of
Inter-American Program for Cooperation in the Fight against Corruption at its annual
meeting June 3-5, 2007 in Panama.
The Inter-American Program acts as a road map for anti-corruption activities to be carried
out by the OAS, addressing issues such as the strengthening of the Follow-up Mechanism to
the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC), recovery of assets, technical
cooperation, extradition, and participation of civil society.
The Inter-American Program was originally adopted by the General Assembly in 1997,
the year after OAS member states adopted the Inter-American Convention against Corruption.
To reflect the changes that have taken place in the intervening nine years, the Conference
of States Parties of the MESICIC drafted a revised version of the Program during its second
meeting in November of 2006.
For a copy of the draft resolution to be considered and adopted at the General Assembly,
please click
here.
MESICIC Update
May 25, 2007 is the deadline for the third group of states to be reviewed within the MESICIC
framework – Colombia, Panama, Chile, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, and Bahamas – to reply
to the questionnaire. May 25 is also the deadline for civil society organizations to provide
information with respect to these states. Please note, replies to the questionnaire and civil
society comments must adhere to guidelines established in the MESICIC
Rules of Procedures.
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Anti-Corruption Newsletter
Edition N° 7 - May 2007
What is the MESICIC?
- The Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against
Corruption, known as MESICIC for its Spanish acronym, is a tool to support the development
of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption through cooperation between
states parties.
Read more here…
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