A/RES/67/192. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2012

• Resolution Number: A/RES/67/192
• Year: 2012
• Session: 67th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/67/192

General Assembly Distr.: General

3 April 2013

Sixty-seventh session

Agenda item 103

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/458)]

67/192. Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the

transfer of proceeds of corruption, facilitating asset

recovery and returning such assets to legitimate owners,

in particular to countries of origin, in accordance with

the United Nations Convention against Corruption

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 54/205 of 22 December 1999, 55/61 of 4 December

2000, 55/188 of 20 December 2000, 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, 61/209 of 20 December

2006, 62/202 of 19 December 2007, 63/226 of 19 December 2008, 64/237 of

24 December 2009 and 65/169 of 20 December 2010,

Welcoming

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

Convention against Corruption,

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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 and

sustainable development,

Recognizing also

that supportive national legal systems are essential in

preventing and combating corrupt practices, facilitating asset recovery and returning

the proceeds of corruption to legitimate owners,

Bearing in mind

that the return of assets is one of the main objectives and a

fundamental principle of the Convention and that the States parties to the

Convention are obligated to afford one another the widest measure of cooperation in

that regard,

Recalling

the purposes of the Convention, including to promote the integrity,

accountability and proper management of public affairs and public property,

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