Hanoun: Combating corruption requires efforts and cooperation between national and international institutions

The Head of the Federal Integrity Commission, Judge Haider Hanoun, stressed that the success of combating corruption requires joint efforts from various official, unofficial, local and international bodies, noting the high cooperation and coordination between the commission, the judiciary, the Financial Supervision Bureau, civil society organizations and the media in preventing and combating corruption and clearing state institutions of its filth. During his meeting with (Canada Hattar), Transparency International's Regional Advisor for the Middle East, and (Yama Torabi), Director of the project to support justice initiatives and enhance the settlement of commercial disputes, he stressed: "Combating corruption requires not only local and regional efforts, but also an international effort, caused by the UN agreement describing corruption as a cross-border phenomenon," noting the strengthening of cooperation ties with Transparency International and its holding of meetings and workshops, and cooperation to hol d the Arab Forum to promote transparency and good governance in the capital, Baghdad, noting that holding this forum in cooperation with Transparency International is an important gain for Iraq and the Federal Integrity Commission. Hanoun added: "The Commission is working with the rest of the state institutions to make the government program a success, especially the paragraphs related to combating corruption, transparency and digital transformation to move to good governance," referring to the cooperation with the Integrity Commission of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and making the fight against corruption under the umbrella of the homeland to include the center and the region, expressing his optimism about the imminent vote on the draft law (the right to access information) under the dome of the Council of Representatives. For her part, (Canada Hattar) confirmed that she sensed a clear improvement in the efforts to combat corruption in Iraq and the serious efforts of state institutions to confront this dan gerous scourge, warning that without those efforts and the real will to combat corruption, we would not have reached this stage of cooperation with the Commission and held the forum in the capital, Baghdad. She referred to some future joint works, activities and events with Iraq, most notably working with the Commission to draw up the upcoming national strategy for integrity and combating corruption for the years (2025-2030), renewing Transparency International's desire to create a presence through civil society organizations throughout Iraq, expressing her thanks to the organizing committee of the forum and its great keenness to make it appear at the highest levels of organization and the success of its activities and decisions. Source: National Iraqi News Agency