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European Union and recommendation 32 of the Senior Experts Group on Transnational Organized Crime
endorsed by the Political Group of Eight at Lyon, France, on 29 June 1996,4 as well as to best practices, such
as those compiled by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, the Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions,
Commending the efforts in the United Nations to address corruption concerns in a global forum,
including the United Nations Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial
Transactions5 and the International Code of Conduct for Public Officials,6 the ongoing development of a
comprehensive international convention against transnational organized crime and protocols thereto by the
Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, established
pursuant to General Assembly resolution 53/111 of 9 December 1998, and the manual prepared by the
Secretariat on practical measures against corruption,7
Noting the holding of the Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and its Financial Channels in Paris from
30 March to 1 April 1999, pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1998/16 of 28 July 1998,
Noting also the holding of the first Global Forum on Fighting Corruption in Washington, D.C., from
24 to 26 February 1999, at the invitation of the Vice-President of the United States of America,8 at which
participants from ninety Governments called upon their Governments to cooperate in regional and global
bodies to adopt effective anti-corruption principles and practices and to create ways to assist one another
through mutual evaluation,
1. Takes note with appreciation of, and subscribes to the conclusions and recommendations of the
Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and its Financial Channels, held in Paris from 30 March to 1 April
1999, which are contained in the report of the Expert Group Meeting;9
2. Also takes note with appreciation of the Declaration made by the first Global Forum on Fighting
Corruption, held in Washington, D.C., from 24 to 26 February 1999,10 and notes that the second Global
Forum is to be held in the Netherlands in 2000 as a follow-up to the first Global Forum;
3. Invites Member States to examine, at the national level, as appropriate, taking into account the
above-mentioned documents, the adequacy of their domestic legal regimes in terms of guarding against
corruption and providing for forfeiture of the proceeds of corruption, drawing upon international assistance
available for that purpose, with a view, where necessary:
4
See Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/22, annex I.
5
Resolution 51/191, annex.
Resolution 51/59, annex.
6
7
International Review of Criminal Policy, Nos. 41 and 42 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.IV.4).
8
E/CN.15/1999/CRP.12.
9
E/CN.15/1999/10, paras. 1–14.
10
E/CN./15/1999/WP.1/Add.1.
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