The monitoring body of the Council of Europe has removed Ukraine from the blacklist of countries that have destroyed anti-corruption efforts. Kiev has implemented 15 of GRECO’s 31 recommendations.
The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has removed Ukraine from its list of countries where the fight against corruption is “globally inadequate”. This is stated in the report of the monitoring body published by the Council press service on Friday (24 March).
The report therefore assesses the progress Kiev has made in implementing the 2017 recommendations to prevent corruption among lawmakers, judges and prosecutors.
The EU Anti-Corruption Monitor notes that Ukraine has made some improvements and has satisfactorily implemented 15 of the 31 recommendations. However, 9 recommendations were partially implemented and 7 recommendations were not implemented at all. At the same time, it was noted that Ukraine continued to work for the implementation of the recommendations despite the war.
“GRECO is aware of the strong commitment of Ukraine to the work of GRECO at an extremely difficult time for this Member State following an aggressive war of the Russian Federation. Wartime has led to martial law, a state of emergency and the need for harmony. In such cases, Ukraine It is noteworthy that nonetheless, it continues to work on the implementation of GRECO recommendations. Even if the work is ongoing, it is commendable that Ukraine provided GRECO with timely information and the progress reported,” says the message.
It is noted that the current level of implementation of recommendations by Ukraine is no longer insufficient globally as it was after the previous report published in April 2022, and therefore Ukraine has exited the GRECO non-compliance procedure.
Remember March 17 Focus The newly appointed director of the National Anti-Corruption Agency (NABU), Semyon Krivonos, identified 5 key steps to take.
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Source: Focus
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