Tanzania has strengthened its profile on the global anti-corruption stage after Ambassador Naimi S.H. Aziz, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, was elected Vice-President of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) for the 2025–2027 term.
The election was held on December 15, 2025, during the opening of the 11th Conference of States Parties in Doha, Qatar, the world’s largest forum dedicated to combating corruption.
The conference brings together member states to review progress, set policy direction and enhance international cooperation in implementing the Convention.
In her new role, Ambassador Aziz will support the President of the Conference, Mr Hamad bin Nasser Al-Misnad, who also serves as President of Qatar’s Regulatory Authority for Transparency and Accountability.
Her duties include steering conference proceedings, overseeing core business of the Conference as the principal policy-making body for UNCAC implementation, chairing sessions, coordinating agendas, facilitating negotiations and working closely with the President’s Office to advance global efforts against corruption.
Tanzania’s delegation to the conference is led by the Director General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (TAKUKURU), Mr Crispin Francis Chalamila.
The team also includes the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), CPA Charles Edward Kichere, alongside senior officials from the National Prosecutions Service and the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority.
Speakers at the opening ceremony called on countries to leverage emerging technologies in the fight against corruption and to address its growing links with organised crime and other financial offences.
In a message to the conference, President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock said preventing and ultimately eradicating corruption is a shared responsibility, noting that governments owe accountability to the people they serve.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in a message shared online, warned that corruption is not a victimless crime, saying it fuels conflict, deepens inequality and drains resources needed to protect people and the planet. Every dollar lost to economic crime, he said, is a dollar stolen from those seeking a better future.
As discussions continue in Doha, Tanzania is expected to present its country report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption for the 2023–2025 period, outlining progress made and areas requiring further action in strengthening transparency, integrity and accountability.