The editorial family of “Dameer Al Watan” Journal would not witness one of the historical situations during one of the most important stages of implementing the United Nations Convention against Corruption without documenting it. The
ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, “City of Peace”. This took place after the special session of the General Assembly against corruption, which adopted a political declaration, setting a road map to prevent and combat corruption in the coming years. More than 2,130 representatives from more than 150 countries participated in the ninth session of the conference, which lasted for five days from 13 December 2021 to 17 December 2021. All attended either physically through their delegations or virtually. The conference was held with the participation of the presidents of five
states who delivered their speeches through video conference and 50 ministers, 30 of whom attended physically. The conference was also attended by 30 chairmen of anti-corruption bodies, 268 international civil society organizations with consultative status at the United Nations, 257 NGOs and 47 research centers.