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The UNCAC Coalition urges G20 leaders to take action against illicit financial flows

29 June 2010 - This past weekend in Toronto, G20 Leaders met again to discuss the global financial system and the world economy. The global financial crisis has shown most clearly that the stability of the global financial system is at stake. Huge amounts of money are being shifted and transferred, often through multiple borders and jurisdictions. Scores of member organisations from the UNCAC Coalition signed a statement “Call for G20 action to tackle illicit financial flows,” prior to the G20 summit in April of this year, to urge heads of state from the world’s leading economies to take responsibility. For the text of the statement and the full list of signatories, click here.

 
The UNCAC Coalition Sends its Statement to the UN Secretary General and the Director of UNESCO

UNESCO-Obiang International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences

Honorable Mr. Ban Ki-moon,

The UNCAC Civil Society Coalition, composed of almost 200 organizations committed to fighting corruption and promoting human rights worldwide, has learned of the intention of UNESCO to award a Prize for Research in the Life Sciences, sponsored by and named after Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, based on funding from a source connected to President Obiang. We believe that the creation of this award and the resulting endorsement of Mr. Obiang are fundamentally contrary to the spirit and principles of the United Nations, as well as to UNESCO's constitutional goals, and hereby express our firm opposition to the establishment of this Prize.

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