Baghdad: The Federal Integrity Commission announced that nearly seven thousand individuals required to disclose their financial assets submitted their declarations during the month of July, confirming that it had detected conflicts of interest among a number of those required during the same period.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Commission explained that 6,984 individuals submitted their financial declarations to the Prevention Department of the Commission. It confirmed the detection of violations related to conflicts of interest among six individuals required to disclose their assets.

The Commission further indicated that, as part of its efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information submitted by those required to disclose their financial assets, it conducted 146 visits to various state institutions and departments.

In addition to these efforts, two workshops were held for employees of the Central Children’s Hospital and the Peace Center for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled in the Baghdad Al-Karkh and Al-Rusafa Health Directorates. The workshops introduced the Code of Conduct for Public Employees No. (1 of 2016) and its first amendment for 2017. A training workshop was also organized at the Iraqi Academy for Combating Corruption, focusing on improving job performance in accordance with the Code of Conduct.

The e-Governance team, responsible for monitoring and following up on procedures across all ministries and non-ministerial entities, completed the e-Governance project report. This included the electronic payment (POS) program for the General Company for Foodstuff Trading and the electronic payment program for the Sunni Endowment Office.