A/RES/59/242. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2004

• Resolution Number: A/RES/59/242
• Year: 2004
• Session: 59th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/59/242

General Assembly Distr.: General

28 February 2005

Fifty-ninth session

Agenda item 87 (c)

04-49078

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2004

[on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/485/Add.3)]

59/242. Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer

of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets to the

countries of origin

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 resolution 58/205 of

23 December 2003 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

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,

Noting

the particular concern of developing countries and countries with

economies in transition regarding the return of assets of illicit origin derived from

corruption to the countries from which they originated, consistent with the

principles of the United Nations Convention against Corruption,

3

in particular

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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 Resolution 58/4, annex.