In the 1990s, initiatives were taken at an international level (in particular by the European Community, the Council of Europe, the OECD) to put a ban on corruption: in 1996, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, for instance, adopted a comprehensive Programme of Action against Corruption and, subsequently, issued a series of anti-corruption standard-setting instruments: COUNT 3
QSN1 What decade saw international initiatives to combat corruption? ANS1 1990s QSN2 Who started the Programme of Action? ANS2 Ministers of the Council of Europe QSN3 What did the Programme of Action issue? ANS3 a series of anti-corruption standard-setting instruments