In the Ninth Session of the Conference of the States

Parties to the United Nations Convention against

Corruption, the chairman of the ACA Staff Major

General Hassan Abdel-Shafi Ahmed gave a welcoming

note to the delegates of the Conference . He

stressed that the conference is a platform for sharing

inputs on the questions of corruption and the protection

of the assets of people. He also pointed out

that we are determined to fight corruption despite

challenges. In his speech, the chairman of ACA said:

Your Highnesses and Excellencies,

Dear Colleagues, May the peace, mercy and blessings

of God be upon you!

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you

to Sharm El-Sheikh, City of Peace, on the land of

our most loved country, Egypt, “Eternal gift of the

Nile and homeland of civilization and history.”

I would also like to thank you for the confidence

you have placed in me by electing me as the President

of the Conference at its ninth session. I also

like to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency

Mr. Hareb Saeed Al Amimi, President of

the State Audit Institution of the United Arab

Emirates, for significantly guiding us during the

preparations for this session of the conference.

This conference represents a platform for discussing

how we can protect our peoples’ future. We hereby

declare that we are all determined to change our

world to the better, whatever the challenges, for

the sake of those for whom we bear responsibility.

Once again, I welcome all of you to Egypt, hoping

that our world will become better and more interconnected,

and that we will soon achieve our societies’

future hopes and aspirations.