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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/128
28 January 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 107
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/596)]
54/128. Action against corruption
The General Assembly,
Noting the corrosive effect that corruption has on democracy, development, the rule of law and
economic activity,
Recognizing that corruption is a primary tool of organized crime in its efforts, often conducted on an
international basis, to subvert Governments and legitimate commerce,
Drawing attention to the increasing number of regional conventions and other regional instruments
recently developed to fight corruption, including the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public
Officials in International Business Transactions of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development adopted on 21 November 1997,1 the Inter-American Convention against Corruption adopted
by the Organization of American States on 29 March 1996,2 the Principles to Combat Corruption in African
Countries of the Global Coalition for Africa, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption3 and the
Agreement Establishing the Group of States against Corruption adopted by the Council of Europe on
27 January and 1 May 1999, respectively, the conventions and related protocols on corruption of the
1
See Corruption and Integrity Improvement Initiatives in Developing Countries (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.98.III.B.18).
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3
See E/1996/99.
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