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UNODC conducts the "Workshop for the Evaluation of Haiti's 2009 National Strategy against Corruption", in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) and the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH)


From 24 to 26 April 2019, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) and the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH), conducted the "Workshop for the Evaluation of Haiti's 2009 National Strategy against Corruption", Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 

During the opening ceremony, Mrs. Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH); Mr. David Basile, Director General of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC); and Ms. Cristina Ritter, Legal Expert of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) welcomed participants and highlighted the importance of having an anti-corruption strategy against a phenomenon that threatens the stability and security of societies, institutions and the rule of law, as well as sustainable development and the economy of our countries.
In this sense, Article 5 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) not only imposes general requirements for State Parties: to develop and implement effective, coordinated anti-corruption policies; but highlights the importance to periodically evaluate relevant legal instruments and administrative measures with a view to determining their adequacy to prevent and fight corruption.
In 2008, the Anti-Corruption Unit opposed organized a series of workshops with different sectors of the population, including the public sector, the private, civil society and academia to define the elements of a policy to prevent and prosecute corruption. The recommendations resulting from these events served as the basis to create the national anti-corruption strategy, adopted in 2009.
The action plan was based on nine (9) pillars, which, in short, medium and long term, mainly aimed at strengthen the judicial system; reinforce the effectiveness of the controls of the State's budget and expenditure; ensure the efficiency and transparency of the tax collection and customs system; consolidate the rule of law; and generate a favorable climate for investment and sustainable economic development of the country.
In this context and given the expiration of the ten (10) years duration of the strategy, the objectives of the "Workshop for the Evaluation of the Haiti's 2009 National Strategy against Corruption" consisted in examining the progress made, the measures adopted, the difficulties encountered and the results obtained by each of the entities involved in the execution of the action plan.
The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Louise Portas, Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention Officer (UNODC), and Ms. Cristina Ritter, Legal Expert (UNODC), it was supported by Mrs. Yvlore Pigeot, Director of Operations (ULCC) and was attended by forty-five (45) participants from the public sector, international organizations, academia, the media and civil society.