St Kitts And Nevis Ratifies Anti-Corruption Treaty

by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London

31 August 2004

St Kitts and Nevis has ratified the Inter-American Convention against Corruption to become the 32nd member country of the Organization of American States (OAS) to join this treaty.

Ambassador Izben C. Williams, Permanent Representative of St Kitts and Nevis to the OAS presented the instruments of ratification last Thursday to Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi, in a brief ceremony at OAS headquarters.

“The government of St Kitts and Nevis recognizes the importance of this convention and its profound implications for such imperatives as good governance including public and private accountability, for orderly development and empowerment of a civil society bolstered by the rule of law, and for cooperation for the member states in its broader sense,” stated Mr Willams.

Praising St Kitts and Nevis for ratifying the anti-corruption treaty, the Assistant Secretary General noted “that by harmonizing and coordinating our laws, our individual member states, no matter what their size or their strength or their power, can in fact take the lead in preserving their sovereignty and independence while also working within a framework of law that enables coordination with other states.”

The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was adopted in Caracas, Venezuela, in March 1996 and entered into force a year later.

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