A/RES/73/190. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/190
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /73/ 190

General Assembly

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 109

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 17 December 2018

[on th e report of the Third Committ ee (A/73/ 590)]

73/190. Preventing a nd com bating corrupt practices and the transfer of

proceeds of corrupt ion, facilitating asset recovery and returning

such assets to legitimate owne rs, in parti cular to countries of

origin , in accorda nce wi th the United Nat ions Conven tion

against Corruption

The General Assembly ,

Reca lling its resol utions 54/2 05 of 22 Dec ember 1999 , 55 /61 of 4 Decemb er

2000 , 5 5/18 8 of 20 D ecembe r 2 000, 56/18 6 of 21 D ecember 2 001 and 57/2 44 of

20 Dece mber 2002, and r ecallin g also its resolu tions 58/205 of 23 Decembe r 200 3,

59/2 42 o f 22 Dec ember 2 004, 60 /20 7 of 22 Dece mber 2 005, 61/ 209 of 20 Dece mber

2006 , 62/ 202 o f 19 Decembe r 200 7, 63 /22 6 of 19 De cember 20 08, 6 4/23 7 of

24 Dece mber 200 9, 65/169 of 20 De cember 2 010, 67/1 89 and 67/192 of 2 0 Decemb er

2012 , 6 8/19 5 of 18 D ecembe r 2 013, 69/19 9 of 18 D ecember 2 014 and 71/2 08 of

19 Dece mber 2016 a nd all relev ant Human R ights Cou ncil resol utions, inc luding

resol utions 2 3/9 of 1 3 June 2 013,

1

29/11 of 2 Jul y 2015

2

and 35/25 of 23 June 2017,

3

Welcomi ng the ent ry i nto force on 14 De cember 200 5 o f t he U nited Natio ns

Conv ention a gainst Co rruption ,

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wh ich is the most com prehensi ve and un iversal

instr ument on co rruptio n, and reco gnizing the need to c ontinue to pr omote i ts

ratif ication or acces sion th ereto an d its ful l and e ffective impleme ntation,

Stres sing the ne ed for States parties to the Conve ntion to give full effect to the

resol utions of the Confere nce of t he Stat es Parti es to t he Unit ed Natio ns Con vention

agai nst Corr uption,

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1

See Off icial Records of the Gener al Asse mbly, Si xty-e ighth S ession , Supp lement No. 53

(A/68 /53) , chap. V, sect. A.

2

Ibid., Seventi eth Se ssion, Supple ment N o. 53 (A /70/ 53), chap. V, sect. A.

3

Ibid., Seventy -secon d Sess ion, S uppleme nt No. 53 (A/7 2/53 ), c hap. V, sec t. A.

4

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 2349, No. 42 146.