A/RES/68/195. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/195
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/68/195

General Assembly Distr.: General

18 February 2014

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 108

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/457)]

68/195. 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, 65/169 of 20 December 2010, 67/189 and 67/192 of 20 December

2012 and all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions, including resolution 23/9

of 13 June 2013,

1

Welcoming

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

Convention against Corruption,

2

Recalling

the United Nations Convention against Corruption, which is the

most comprehensive and universal instrument on corruption, and recognizing the

need to continue to promote ratification or accession to the Convention and its full

implementation,

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,

Reaffirming

the importance of respect for human rights, the rule of law, good

governance and democracy in the fight against corruption,

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1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/68/53),

chap. V, sect. A.

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