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

A/RES/61/209View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 55d Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit origin and returning such assets, in particular to the countries of origin, consistent with the United Nations Convention against Corruption, published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2006–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/169

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/RES/65/169	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	225	9%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/237	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	1,993	41%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/226	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	1,873	50%Compare
2008	A/RES/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	1,710	17%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/209	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	365	16%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2006–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/90	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 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/237
2009	A/64/122	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 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/226
2008	A/63/88	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 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/202
2007	A/62/116	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 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/61/209
2006	A/61/177	Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets to the countries of origin report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/207

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Corruption Economic Growth Illicit Funds Transfer Illicit Payments Programme Implementation Regional Organizations Report Preparation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/61/177.

Also takes note of the generous offer of the Government of Indonesia to host the second session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption;

Urges all Member States and competent regional economic integration organizations, within the limits of their competence, to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Corruption1 as a matter of priority, and calls upon all States parties to fully implement the Convention as soon as possible;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session a report, completed within existing resources, on the implementation of previous resolutions that would elaborate further on the magnitude of corruption at all levels and on any scale, and on the scale of the transfer of assets of illicit origin derived from corruption and the impact of corruption and such transfers on economic growth and sustainable development, taking into account the outcome of, and also transmitting the report on, the first session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, the sub-item entitled “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”.

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