The Shoura (Consultative) Council Sunday approved the establishment of the National Commission for the Protection of Integrity and Combating Corruption that was first approved by the Council of Ministers in February 2007. The approval came after the Council listened to the views of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the UN Agreement for Combating Corruption. This agreement has been reconsidered in the light of the content of the National Strategy for Protecting Integrity and Combating Corruption. The committee recommended approving the UN Agreement for Combating Corruption. The Shoura Council also approved the recommendations of the Education Affairs and Scientific Research Committee on the annual report of the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for the year 2007-08. The recommendations include supporting efforts of KACST to develop its capabilities to serve the strategic goals of the Kingdom; to draw up a mechanism that guarantees the availability of information on science and technology indices; to study the stagnation in scientific activity in the Kingdom; and to lay down practical plans to boost this activity.
