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MP Haralambos Theopeptou, member of the Cypriot delegation to the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (MPA), participated yesterday via internet, as a representative of the Assembly, in an expert discussion on "Strengthening international cooperation to tackle crimes affecting the environment".
The discussion took place in the context of a three-day session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Control (UNODC), organised in Vienna, between 14 and 16 February 2022.
The session was attended by experts and representatives of governments and organisations working in the fields of environment, ecology and international organised crime. During the discussion, views and best practices were exchanged on cooperation between states to tackle crimes affecting the environment, including overexploitation of natural resources, dumping of harmful sewage into the sea and corruption.
In his intervention, Mr. Theopeptou referred to the work and actions of the CMC to strengthen international cooperation in this area, as well as the contribution of the Assembly in highlighting the issue through the adoption of Resolutions and Declarations denouncing bad practices and calling on parliaments to work for the accession of CMC member states to the Intergovernmental Conventions on the Protection of the Environment and the Prevention of Organized Crime and to ensure their implementation. Theopeptou also noted that the CMC has developed partnerships with international bodies and think tanks from academia and is placing particular emphasis on updating the Palermo Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to include a legal framework to combat environmental crimes.
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