United Nations A/RES/57/169 General Assembly Distr.: General 16 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 100 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/547)] 57/169. High-level political conference for the purpose of signing the United Nations convention against corruption The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/61 of 4 December 2000, in which it decided to establish an ad hoc committee for the negotiation of an international legal instrument against corruption, Recalling also its resolution 56/260 of 31 January 2002 on the terms of reference for the negotiation of an international legal instrument against corruption, in which it decided that the Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of a Convention against Corruption, established pursuant to its resolution 55/61, should negotiate a broad and effective convention which, subject to the final determination of its title, should be referred to as the “United Nations Convention against Corruption”, and requested the Ad Hoc Committee to complete its work by the end of 2003, Recalling further its resolution 55/188 of 20 December 2000 on preventing and combating corrupt practices and illegal transfer of funds and repatriation of such funds to the countries of origin, and its resolution 56/186 of 21 December 2001 on preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit origin and returning such funds to the countries of origin, Commending the efforts of the United Nations to address concerns about corruption in a global forum and the efforts of Member States to implement the various instruments and standards relating to corruption, including the United Nations Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions 1 and the International Code of Conduct for Public Officials, 2 Mindful of the fact that negotiations on the draft United Nations convention against corruption are continuing in Vienna in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 40/243 of 18 December 1985, 55/61 and 56/260, _______________ 1 2 02 54934 Resolution 51/191, annex. Resolution 51/59, annex.