Special Session of the General Assembly Against Corruption

A/DEC/75/562View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 111 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2021.

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2 versions · 2020–2021

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/DEC/75/562	Special session of the General Assembly against corruption	370	—
2020	A/DEC/74/568	Special session of the General Assembly against corruption	—	–

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2 subjects

Conferences Corruption

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4 paragraphs

At its 59th plenary meeting, on 16 April 2021, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President,39 recalling its resolutions 73/191 of 17 December 2018 and 74/276 of 1 June 2020 and its decision 74/568 of 31 August 2020 on the special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation, noting with concern the situation regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) pandemic, and noting that there were certain limitations in place on access to the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, including quarantine requirements:

(a) Decided, without setting a precedent for future special sessions of the General Assembly, that those who were invited to participate in the opening of the special session in line with paragraphs 2 (b) and 17 of its resolution 74/276, and those who were invited to participate in line with paragraphs 2 (d) and (e) of its resolution 74/276, might submit a pre-recorded statement, which would be played in the General Assembly Hall after introduction by the President of the General Assembly at the special session;

(b) Also decided that Member States, States and regional economic integration organizations parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption40 and observers to the General Assembly, in line with paragraph 2 (c) of its resolution 74/276, might submit a pre-recorded statement by their Head of State or Government, head of delegation or other dignitary, which would be played in the General Assembly Hall during the special session, after introduction by their representative who was physically present in the Assembly Hall;

(c) Further decided that, in addition to the verbatim records of the special session, the President of the General Assembly would circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation document of the statements delivered by means of pre-recorded statements during the special session and submitted to the President no later than the day on which the pre-recorded statement was played in the Assembly Hall, and that such pre-recorded statements would be attached to the verbatim records of the special session.

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