• The 5-day long conference was hosted by the State of Qatar in collaboration with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

• Event: COSP to the UN Convention Against Corruption
• Edition: 11th
• Held in: Doha, Qatar
• Co-Hosted by:The Government of Qatar and UNODC
• Key Outcome: Adoption of Doha Declaration 2025 (using digital technologies like AI against global corruption practices)
• Outcome: Doha Declaration 2025 + 11 resolutions adopted

Key Highlights of the Conference:
Presided by: The conference was presided by Hamad bin Nasser Al-Misnad from Qatar.
Key Outcome: The conference concluded successfully with the adoption of the ‘Doha Declaration 2025: strengthening international cooperation and technical assistance and seizing the opportunities provided by Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems in preventing and combating corruption’.

• The declaration urges the member states to leverage digital technologies, including AI, to bolster global law enforcement cooperation in cross border corruption and to enhance accuracy, efficiency and objectivity of national efforts to measure corruption risks.
• It emphasizes the use of digital technologies developed by expert networks, including through the UNODC Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network), to ensure secure and instant exchange of information.

Other Key Resolutions: Other than Doha declaration, the conference adopted 11 resolutions on a wide range of issues related to corruption.

• These resolutions focus on improving transparency in the funding of political parties, candidates for elected public offices, and electoral campaigns, among others.

Next Session: 12th COSP in Uzbekistan.