On December 9, International Anti-Corruption Day, Myanmar missed a timely opportunity to counter its recent ranking when it failed to ratify the U.N.

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It was altogether commendable when, in October 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed December 9 as International Anti-Corruption Day in order to raise awareness of global corruption and how the United Nations Convention against Corruption combats and prevents it.

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For those of us who deal with anti-corruption issues every day, we sometimes forget that the vast majority of people in the world think that FCPA stands for Fairfax County Parks Association, or, as I heard recently, is a Village People hit from the 1970s.

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In the meantime, our Ambassador, General Eikenberry, is working every day, pushing the Afghan government to step up its efforts to tackle corruption, and devise a plan of reintegration for the portion of the Taliban that is ready to lay down its arms and join the government.

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"The Congress wants to give a clear message that it will not tolerate any corruption charges, " Bhakta Charan Das, a Congress party spokesman, said earlier in the day about Mr. Bansal's resignation.

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