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2. Calls for further international and national measures to combat corrupt practices and bribery in
international transactions and for international cooperation in support of these measures;
3. Also calls for, while recognizing the importance of national measures, increased international
cooperation, inter alia, through the United Nations system, in devising ways and means of preventing and
addressing illegal transfers, as well as in repatriating illegally transferred funds to their countries of origin,
and calls upon all countries and entities concerned to cooperate in this regard;
4. Requests the international community to support the efforts of all countries aimed at strengthening
institutional capacity for preventing corruption, bribery, money-laundering and the illegal transfer of funds;
5. Decides to keep this matter under review, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General, in
consultation with Member States and relevant bodies of the United Nations system, to include in the report
called for in its resolution 53/176, to be submitted at its fifty-fifth session, information on progress in the
implementation of the present resolution and recommendations, inter alia, with regard to repatriating
illegally transferred funds to their countries of origin.
87th plenary meeting
22 December 1999