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At a high-level panel discussion on accountability and transparency, United Nations officials today highlighted the costs that corruption has on societies, and called on countries to forge partnerships to combat this issue. “Corruption hampers the ability of nations to prosper and grow,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the closing of the panel discussion, at UN Headquarters in New York. “Neither peace, development nor human rights can flourish in an atmosphere of corruption.”
Organized by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the ECOSOC 2012 High Level Panel on ‘Accountability, Transparency and Sustainable Development: Turning Challenges into Opportunities’ sought to spotlight the negative consequences that corruption and lack of transparency can have on sustainable development, while giving participants the opportunity to exchange views on innovative approaches and partnerships in combating the issue. (...)

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42430&Cr=ecosoc&Cr1=

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https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4015:corruzione-transparency-international-presenta-il-corruption-perception-index-2011&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105