A major accomplishment of the conference was the decision to establish a monitoring programme for the convention, including the establishment of an intergovernmental expert working group. The CoSP also committed to complete a survey of implementation before the second session of the CoSP and to establish a working group on asset recovery. The conference additionally produced a resolution calling on governments to criminalize the solicitation or acceptance of bribes by officials of public international organisations. While the CoSP called on donors to provide additional resources for technical assistance to facilitate the effective implementation of UNCAC, it failed to take action on some key details of the monitoring programme, such as addressing the need for dependable funding.

Civil society’s strong presence at the conference played a vital role in contributing to discussions on the implementation and monitoring of the convention. Transparency International (TI), including representatives from a dozen TI national chapters and the secretariat, and the Coalition of Civil Society Friends of the UNCAC, a coalition of more than 40 non-governmental organizations from 30 countries, organised a number of civil society meetings in connection with the CoSP and published the daily newsletter The Monitor to keep participants informed.

The second session of the CoSP will be in Indonesia in November 2007.