U.S. Hosts High-Level Anti-Corruption Conference While Olympic Inquiry Recommends Prohibiting Any Country from Hosting Games Without Ratifying OECD Convention

On February 24-25, 1999, U.S. Vice President Al Gore opened a Global Forum on Fighting Corruption that was held at the State Department and attended by 89 countries. Meanwhile, on March 2, 1999, an independent U.S. Olympic commission issued a menu of reform for future selection of Olympic venues that would condition eligibility on ratification of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.