For information only - not an official document

UNIS/MA/265
11 December 2019

Media Advisory

Media representatives are invited to the

Press conference
at the eighth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption

on

Monday 16 December 2019, at 1.15 p.m.

in

Conference room 1/press briefing room, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC)

with

H.E. Dr. Harib Al Amimi, President of State Audit Institution, United Arab Emirates

and

John Brandolino, Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

The eighth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) - COSP8 - is being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 16 to 20 December 2019. The Conference is expected to discuss a wide range of topcis, including preventing and combating corruption, the review of the implementation of the Convention  by States, asset recovery, technical assistance and preparations for the special session of the General Assembly against corruption, to be held in 2021. 

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There will be English/Arabic interpretation at the press conference

For further information please contact:

Anne Thomas
Information Officer, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-5588
Mobile: (+971) 549978506
Email: anne.thomas[at]unvienna.org

For enquiries about media accreditation please contact:

Veronika Crowe-Mayerhofer
Information Assistant, UNIS Vienna
Telephone: (+43-1) 26060-3342
  Mobile: (+971) 549978483
Email: press[at]unvienna.org

More information for the media is available at: http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/events/2019/cosp8.html

Conference website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/corruption/COSP/session8.html

Conference website of the Host Country: http://8cosp.ae/