A/RES/55/188
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the prevention of corrupt
practices and illegal transfer of funds, 2
1.
Reiterates its condemnation of corruption, bribery, money-laundering and
the illegal transfer of funds;
2.
Calls for further international and national measures to combat corrupt
practices and bribery in international transactions and for international cooperation
in support of those measures;
3.
Also calls for, while recognizing the importance of national measures,
increased international cooperation, inter alia, through the United Nations system, in
regard to devising ways and means of preventing and addressing illegal transfers, as
well as repatriating illegally transferred funds to the 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 to strengthen institutional capacity and regulatory frameworks for
preventing corruption, bribery, money-laundering and illegal transfer of funds, as
well as for the repatriation of those funds to the countries of origin;
5.
Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, as contained in resolution
55/61, to convene an intergovernmental open-ended expert group to examine and
prepare, on the basis of the report of the Secretary-General and of recommendations
of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its tenth session,
draft terms of reference for the negotiation of the future legal instrument against
corruption, and invites the expert group on the same basis to examine the question
of illegally transferred funds and the repatriation of such funds to the countries of
origin;
6.
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 prepare, without duplicating material contained in the
report requested by the Assembly in resolution 55/61, an analytical report containing
information on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution
and, bearing in mind resolution 54/205, concrete recommendations, inter alia, with
regard to the repatriation of illegally transferred funds to the countries of origin, and
to submit the report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session under the item
entitled “Sectoral policy questions: business and development”.
87th plenary meeting
20 December 2000
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A/55/405.