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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on the formation of a National Council for Anti-Corruption Policy as a presidential consultative agency.

The Council will make proposals on what the anti-corruption strategy should be like in Ukraine and how it should be perfected; assess progress in the work to prevent and counter corruption, and appraise the effectiveness of the anti-corruption strategy and measures being taken to prevent and combat corruption.

The Council will also monitor the implementation of recommendations of the Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other international organizations against corruption.

The Council will have 17 members, nine of whom will represent the public, including six representatives of public organizations experienced in preparing anti-corruption proposals, a representative of the All-Ukrainian Self-Government Association and two representatives of the organization of entrepreneurs. The Council will also have representatives of the Council of Judges, Cabinet and Verkhovna Rada among its members.

It will convene once every two months.

The Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, Oct. 14 passed the government-proposed bill on measures to fight corruption and on the formation of a national commission for fighting corruption in its second reading.