Head of the Saudi delegation participating in the high-level meeting of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network) and President of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), Mazin Al-Kahmous, extended his congratulations to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, on the occasion of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announcement that the representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was unanimously elected to the presidency of the network for the 2025-2027 term.
The announcement was made during the high-level network meeting in Beijing, China, where UNODC acts as the secretariat of the GlobE Network.
Al-Kahmous emphasized that this win reflects the leadership’s directives to position the Kingdom as a pioneering model in various fields, including combating corruption. It also demonstrates the in
ternational community’s trust in Saudi Arabia’s efforts, represented by Nazaha, to fight cross-border corruption crimes. He expressed his aspirations to enhance the use of the network to reduce safe havens for corrupt individuals and their assets and to develop tools necessary to address the evolving patterns of corruption crimes and the concealment of their proceeds.
He also congratulated Saudi nominee and Vice President of Nazaha for International Cooperation Dr. Nasser AbalKhail on assuming the network’s presidency, wishing him success in this role.
The GlobE Network is an initiative launched by the Kingdom during the G20 Summit ministerial meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia in 2020. The UN officially adopted the network on December 17, 2021, during the ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Egypt.
The initiative was praised by UN Secretary General António Guterres, who commended the Kingdom’s role in creating the network in his spe
ech at the opening of the first UN General Assembly special session against corruption in 2021.
Spain was appointed chair of the network’s Steering Committee, while Saudi Arabia became vice chair.
Over the past three years, 219 anti-corruption agencies and international organizations, along with over 120 countries, joined the network, proving the success of the initiative.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
