A/RES/62/202. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2007

• Resolution Number: A/RES/62/202
• Year: 2007
• Session: 62nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/62/202

General Assembly Distr.: General

29 February 2008

Sixty-second session

Agenda item 56 (c)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2007

[on the report of the Second Committee (A/62/421/Add.3)]

62/202. 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, 59/242 of 22 December 2004, 60/207 of 22 December 2005 and

61/209 of 20 December 2006,

Welcoming

the entry into force on 14 December 2005 of the United Nations

Convention against Corruption,

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Welcoming also

the convening of the first session of the Conference of the

States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, in Jordan, from

10 to 14 December 2006, and stressing the need for States parties to take steps to

implement the outcome of that Conference,

Bearing in mind

the importance of the work carried out by the open-ended

intergovernmental expert working groups on asset recovery, review of

implementation and technical assistance,

Recalling

the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on

Financing for Development,

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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”),

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Convinced

that a stable and transparent environment for national and

international commercial transactions in all countries is essential for the

mobilization of investment, finance, technology, skills and other important

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1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2349, No. 42146.

2 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.

3 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.