A/RES/73/190 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2019 Seventy-third session Agenda item 109 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2018 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/590)] 73/190. 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, 68/195 of 18 December 2013, 69/199 of 18 December 2014 and 71/208 of 19 December 2016 and all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions, including resolutions 23/9 of 13 June 2013, 1 29/11 of 2 July 2015 2 and 35/25 of 23 June 2017, 3 Welcoming the entry into force on 14 December 2005 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 4 which is the most comprehensive and universal instrument on corruption, and recognizing the need to continue to promote its ratification or accession thereto and its full and effective implementation, Stressing the need for States parties to the Convention to give full effect to the resolutions of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, __________________ 1 2 3 4 18-22286 (E) See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/68/53), chap. V, sect. A. Ibid., Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/70/53), chap. V, sect. A. Ibid., Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/72/53), chap. V, sect. A. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2349, No. 42146. 220119 *1822286*

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