Kathmandu: The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened its first-ever Special Meeting on Financial Integrity on Wednesday, in line with the Sevilla Commitment.
Opening the meeting, ECOSOC President Lok Bahadur Thapa said the Council is uniquely positioned to serve as a coordination platform to strengthen coherence and support implementation across the financial integrity agenda. He noted that illicit financial flows continue to undermine domestic resource mobilization, weaken public trust, and erode the social contract, with developing countries bearing the greatest impact.
Thapa stressed the need for stronger coordination across policy domains, institutions, and borders to effectively address financial integrity challenges and advance the 2030 Agenda and Global Goals.
