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The Palestinian
Parliamentarians Against Corruption is national chapter of
Arab Region Parliamentarians Against Corruption (ARPAC) - the
Arab Chapter of GOPAC-was established in Beirut in November 2004 during
a meeting entitled Parliamentarians
against Corruption: Improving Transparency and Accountability in the
Arab Region. This meeting was attended by 40 Parliamentarians
representing 11 Parliaments: Jordan, Bahrain, Algeria, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Palestine, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen and Lebanon.
Objectives:
ARPAC’s main objectives consist of encouraging
founding members to establish national chapters, persuading national
chapters to build coalitions with the media, civil society movements and
academics, and calling on the Arab governments to ratify the United
Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). In addition, ARPAC
arranges for national and regional workshops to promote methods for
fighting corruption and to build the capacity of members of Arab
parliaments to be better equipped to fight corruption and to promote
transparency and accountability in the Arab region |
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Palestinian Constitution
ARPAC Constitution
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