The right to development 2015, para. 40

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Emphasizes the urgent need to take concrete and effective measures to prevent, combat and criminalize all forms of corruption at all levels, to prevent, detect and deter in a more effective manner international transfers of illicitly acquired assets and to strengthen international cooperation in asset recovery, consistent with the principles of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, particularly chapter V thereof, stresses the importance of a genuine political commitment on the part of all Governments through a firm legal framework, and in this context urges States to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible and States parties to implement it effectively;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
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Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Year
2015
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The right to development (2015), A/RES/70/155, OP 40.
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OP
Paragraph number
40