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Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of corruption,
facilitating asset recovery and returning such assets to legitimate owners, in particular to
countries of origin, in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption
60. Notes with appreciation the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Bank and its cooperation with
relevant partners, including the International Centre for Asset Recovery and
INTERPOL, and encourages coordination among existing initiatives;
61. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to
provide, in collaboration with the World Bank through the Stolen Asset Recovery
Initiative and in coordination with other relevant stakeholders, upon request, techni cal
assistance for the implementation of chapter V of the Convention, including by
providing direct expertise on policy or capacity-building through the Office’s
thematic programme on action against corruption, economic fraud and identity related crime and, where appropriate, regional programmes, using its range of
technical assistance tools;
62. Encourages Member States to implement effective measures to detect,
prevent and counter corruption, as well as the transfer abroad and laundering of assets
derived from corruption, and to strengthen international cooperation and assistance
to Member States to assist in the identification, freezing or seizure of such assets, as
well as in their recovery and return, in accordance with the Convention, in particular
chapter V thereof, and in this regard to continue to discuss innovative modalities to
improve mutual legal assistance in order to speed up asset recovery proceedings and
render them more successful, while also drawing on the experience and knowledge
built through the implementation of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative;
63. Encourages States parties to the Convention to consider, where
appropriate, making use of the non-binding Lausanne Guidelines for the Efficient
Recovery of Stolen Assets and the supporting step-by-step guide, available online, in
their practice and to continue to exchange practical experiences, with a view to
keeping the step-by-step guide up to date, as well as enhancing effective approaches
to asset recovery based on lessons learned from past cases, being mindful that the
Lausanne process can provide an important platform in this regard,
64. Notes with appreciation the work of other initiatives in the field of asset
recovery, such as the Arab Forum on Asset Recovery, and welcomes thei r efforts to
enhance cooperation between requesting and requested States;
65. Welcomes the work of the International Anti-Corruption Academy, a centre
of excellence for education, training and academic research in the anti -corruption
field, including in the area of asset recovery, and looks forward to its continued efforts
in this regard to promote the goals and implementation of the Convention;
66. Recognizes the efforts of the Group of 20 in countering corruption at both
the global and the national levels, takes note with appreciation of the anti-corruption
initiatives outlined in the communiqué of the Summit of the Group of 20, held in
Hamburg, Germany, on 7 and 8 July 2017, and urges the Group of 20 to continue to
engage other States Members of the United Nations and the United Nations Office of
Drugs and Crime in its work in an inclusive and transparent manner to ensure that
initiatives of the Group of 20 complement or strengthen the work being undertaken
by the United Nations system;
67. Requests the Secretary-General, within existing reporting obligations, to
include in his report to the General Assembly at its seventy -fifth session under the
item on crime prevention and criminal justice an analytical section entitled
“Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of
corruption, facilitating asset recovery and returning such assets to legitimate
owners, in particular to countries of origin, in accordance with the United Nations
Convention against Corruption”, and also requests the Secretary-General to
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