United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/207
Distr.: General
16 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 54 (d)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2005
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/60/490/Add.4)]
60/207. Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer
of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets, in
particular to the countries of origin, consistent with the
United Nations Convention against Corruption
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 54/205 of 22 December 1999, 56/186 of 21 December
2001 and 57/244 of 20 December 2002, and recalling also its resolutions 58/205 of
23 December 2003 and 59/242 of 22 December 2004 on preventing and combating
corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets to
the countries of origin,
Recalling also the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on
Financing for Development, 1 which underlined that fighting corruption at all levels
is a priority, and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 2
Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 3
Emphasizing the need for solid democratic institutions responsive to the needs
of the people and the need to improve the efficiency, transparency and
accountability of domestic administration and public spending and the rule of law,
to ensure full respect for human rights, including the right to development, and to
eradicate corruption and build sound economic and social institutions,
Recognizing that fighting corruption at all levels 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, the fight
against hunger, and economic and sustainable development,
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1
Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March
2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
2
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–
4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I,
resolution 2, annex.
3
See resolution 60/1.
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