A/HRC/4/71 page 27 Annex II CHAIRPERSON’S STATEMENT United Nations Conference on Anti-Corruption Measures, Good Governance and Human Rights Warsaw, Republic of Poland, 8-9 November 2006 Introduction The United Nations Conference on Anti-Corruption Measures, Good Governance and Human Rights was convened in Warsaw, Republic of Poland, from 8-9 November 2006. It was organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Poland. The Conference had a practical orientation and was structured in a manner that could lead to the discussion of practical and concrete recommendations. There were more than 240 participants from more than 100 countries, including anti-corruption and human rights experts, Governments’ representatives, public officials, civil society and private sector actors involved in leading national anti-corruption efforts. The Chairman of the Conference was H.E. Anna Fotyga, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. The Conference was organized in response to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/68, which requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights “[...] to convene a seminar in 2006 [...] on the role of anti-corruption measures at the national and international levels in good governance practices for the promotion and protection of human rights”. The Conference was a follow-up to the joint OHCHR-UNDP Seminar on good governance practices for the promotion and protection of human rights, which took place in Seoul in September 2004. The conclusions of that Seminar emphasized the mutually reinforcing, and sometimes overlapping, relationship between good governance and human rights. It was also underlined that human rights and good governance are affected by corruption on the one hand and can contribute to the fight against corruption on the other hand. There were opening addresses by H.E. Ms. Anna Fotyga, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland, Ms. Maria Francisca Ize-Charrin, Director of Operations, Programme and Research Division from the OHCHR who delivered a statement on behalf of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. David Chikvaidze from the United Nations Office in Geneva who delivered the statement of the Director-General. The keynote address on integrity and ethics was delivered by Mr. Dato Param Cumaraswamy, followed up by a welcome statement by the Acting Mayor of the City of Warsaw, Mr. Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. MAIN ISSUES The main objective of the Conference was to identify concrete ways in which Governments’ efforts to fight corruption are assisted by and contribute to human rights protection. The Conference built on the increasing awareness within the international community about the detrimental impact of widespread corruption on human rights both through