CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ? legislation) for its appropriateness and relevance. Enhance the EPA's capacity for supervision and enforcement. Objective 3: Promote adoption of codes of good business ethics in achieving the objectives of the corporation i. Self-assessment 65. Ghana is party to several international instruments governing terrorism, as well as UN and AU resolutions on international terrorism, including the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the OAU Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, Algiers, 1999. The government has also committed itself to passing a bill on terrorism that includes 9 provisions dealing with penalties, financing of terrorism and money laundering. 66. Although there is no existing law on money laundering in Ghana, the Bank of Ghana has intensified its uncompromising stance on money laundering. It has introduced a draft Anti-Money Laundering Bill that is yet to be passed by government. The Central Bank also requires banks to apply the policy of “know your customer”. In addition, a committee comprising the Bank of Ghana, IRS, RGD, the Committee of Controllers of Commercial Banks, VAT Services, Criminal Investigation Department of Ghana, and Interpol, has been formed at the national level to combat money laundering. 67. The State Enterprises Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Ghana Stock Exchange have gazetted corporate governance guidelines on best practices for listed companies. These are incentives for listed companies to comply with corporate governance practices. Good business ethics is promoted through relevant ministries, departments, and agencies; trade and business associations; shareholders, creditors and other stakeholders; civil society groups; and Ghana's development partners. 68. The government has performed its role in promoting codes of good ethics mainly through policy directives, legislation and relevant guidelines. Chapter 24 of the 1992 Constitution makes provision for a “Code of conduct for public officers”. The code is 9 National Laws and Measure: Counter-Terrorism Regulation of Biology: Ghana. Http://www.interpol.int/ Public/BioTerrorism/NationalLaws. 105

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