(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) The first Conference of States Parties to Arab Convention Against Corruption opened here today at the Arab League General Secretariat Headquarters under the chairmanship of Kuwaiti Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sanea and the participation of Arab national anti-corruption committees which are members of the Arab Convention Against Corruption.
Qatar's delegation to the conference is headed by Chairman of the Transparency and Administrative Control Authority Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud.
Addressing the opening session, the Kuwaiti Justice Minister stressed the significance of combating corruption.
Al-Sanea made this remark, on Sunday, at the first session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Arab Convention against Corruption.
Al-Sanea expressed hope that the conference would see "constructive steps toward combating corruption" by Arab states, within the framework of an anti-corruption convention that was agreed upon in 2013.
For his part, Arab League Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Wajih Hanafi said today's meeting will discuss administrative and structural aspects of this convention.
It will also tackle documentations made by Arab states on measures that should be taken in order to implement this convention efficiently, he added.
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