This is CBS I in the world. I'm John Bachelor. The United Nations Convention against

corruption seems common sensical.

Recently gathering at Atlanta, Georgia,

many nations came to celebrate advances against corruption.

However, we welcome Elaine Desensky, senior director and head of the Center on Economic and Financial

Power at the FTD, the Foundation for the Defense of democracies, who spent the time in Atlanta

Georgia marveling at the demonstration of progress

from such as the People's Republic of China which if you don't know is world famous

for a construction company that leaves ruin behind its efforts.

Elaine, a very good evening to you. When I read your column, two things came to me.

How come I hadn't heard of this before? And also whenever I find the Chinese construction company I find catastrophe.

Good evening to you. What did what did the gathering forces make of the Chinese construction company?

Evening, John, and thanks for the invitation to join you again.

Yeah, so this was a meeting of more than 3,000 delegates and more than 170 countries that essentially

flew under the radar in Atlanta, Georgia.

It took place last month, so mid-December. And the, this is a meeting that takes place every two years under the auspices of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime,

where they bring together states

to discuss the implementation of the UN Convention

Against Corruption, which is a UN, it is supposed to be a binding convention that requires states to implement

certain anti-corruption reforms.

So it was interesting to note that there were a number of governments there that had a story to tell about their anti-corruption efforts but seemed to kind of fly in the face of what we know to be,

what we know to be true.

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