A/RES/56/260. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2002

• Resolution Number: A/RES/56/260
• Year: 2002
• Session: 56th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/56/260

General Assembly Distr.: General

9 April 2002

Fifty-sixth session

Agenda item 110

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.69)]

56/260. Terms of reference for the negotiation of an international

legal instrument against corruption

The General Assembly

,

Concerned

at the seriousness of problems posed by corruption, which may

endanger the stability and security of societies, undermine the values of democracy

and morality and jeopardize social, economic and political development,

Recalling

its resolution 51/59 of 12 December 1996, by which it adopted the

International Code of Conduct for Public Officials and recommended the Code to

Member States as a tool to guide their efforts against corruption,

Recalling

also

its resolution 51/191 of 16 December 1996, by which it adopted

the United Nations Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International

Commercial Transactions,

Recalling

further

its resolution 55/61 of 4 December 2000, in which it

established an ad hoc committee for the negotiation of an effective international

legal instrument against corruption, and requested the Secretary-General to convene

an intergovernmental open-ended expert group to examine and prepare draft terms

of reference for the negotiation of such an instrument,

Recalling

its resolution 55/188 of 20 December 2000, in which it invited the

Intergovernmental Open-Ended Expert Group to Prepare Draft Terms of Reference

for the Negotiation of an International Legal Instrument against Corruption,

convened pursuant to resolution 55/61, to examine the question of illegally

transferred funds and the return of such funds to the country of origin,

Recalling also

Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/13 of 24 July

2001, entitled “Strengthening international cooperation in preventing and combating

the transfer of funds of illicit origin, derived from acts of corruption, including the

laundering of funds, and in returning such funds”,

Reiterating

the need to prepare a broad and effective international legal

instrument against corruption,