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
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Bearing in mind the need to promote and strengthen measures to prevent and
combat corruption more efficiently and effectively, that the return of assets is one of
the main objectives, an integral part and a fundamental principle of the Convention,
and recalling article 51 of the Convention, under which States parties shall afford one
another the widest measure of cooperation and assistance with regard to asset return,
Recognizing that fighting corruption at all levels and in all its forms is a priority
and that corruption is a serious barrier to effective resource mobilization and
allocation and diverts resources away from activities that are vital for poverty
eradication and sustainable development,
Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a
comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative
Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for
the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating
poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest
global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its
commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic,
social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner and to building upon
the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their
unfinished business,
Reaffirming also its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development,
which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports
and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Welcoming, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the
commitment to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development,
provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels,
Reaffirming its resolution 70/174 of 17 December 2015 on the Thirteenth United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and welcoming the
adoption, at the high-level segment of the Thirteenth Congress, of the Doha
Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider
United Nations Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote
the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, and Public Participation, 5
through which States committed 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 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 of the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Bank,
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