The Seoul metropolitan government and the United Nations agreed Tuesday to co-host an international symposium on anti-corruption in late August in the South Korean capital.

The agreement came during a meeting between visiting Seoul Mayor Goh Kun and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York.

The event, scheduled for Aug. 30th and 31st, will bring together world experts and high-ranking officials from Asia and Africa.

The anti-corruption symposium is aimed at expanding Seoul's two-year-old OPEN (On-Line Procedures Enhancement) system that enables citizens to monitor online civil applications for permits or approval in areas vulnerable to corruption.

Goh will also meet New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani to discuss ways to promote exchanges between the two cities.