Conference advises united Arab effort against corruption

It is incumbent on Arab states to pool their resources in the face of the ubiquity of corruption in them, said a Kuwaiti official on Tuesday.
In statements to KUNA on the sideline of the conference on fighting corruption in Arab countries, head of Kuwait's public authority for fighting corruption and chairman of the conference -- which started today at the Arab League headquarters -- Abdulrahman Al-Nimesh said that he wished that more Arab states would sign the Arab Agreement on Fighting Corruption.
About Kuwait's handling of corruption, he stressed that the country had achieved significant strides in its fight against the spread of corruption, including the passing of an anti-corruption law in the parliament.
Furthermore, he noted that the establishment which he presided over was doing its utmost to promote transparency and honesty in the nation's economic and business dealings with the view to protect public funds and other state financial resources.
Covering two days, the conference is being attended by member co-signees of the Arab Agreement on Fighting Corruption, namely Jordan, the UAE, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, and Kuwait.