United Nations Convention against Corruption
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The United Nations Convention against Corruption was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003.
To combat corruption it includes measures on
- prevention
- criminalization
- international cooperation
- asset recovery
The treaty entered into force on 14 December, 2005, following the 30th ratification by Ecuador on 15 September at the 2005 World Summit.
As of 20 January 2007 there were 140 signatories. The Convention is ratified,accepted, approved or acceded by 83 countries (state parties). The state parties are:[1]
Africa: 
Algeria, 
Angola, 
Benin, 
Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, 
Cameroon, 
Central African Republic, 
Republic of the Congo, 
Djibouti, 
Egypt, 
Kenya, 
Lesotho, 
Liberia, 
Libya, 
Madagascar, 
Mauritania, 
Mauritius, 
Namibia, 
Nigeria, 
Rwanda, 
São Tomé and Príncipe, 
Senegal, 
Seychelles, 
Sierra Leone, 
South Africa, 
Tanzania, 
Togo, 
Uganda
Asia: 
Azerbaijan, 
China, 
Indonesia, 
Jordan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Mongolia, 
Philippines, 
Sri Lanka, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkey, 
Turkmenistan, 
United Arab Emirates, 
Yemen
Europe: 
Albania, 
Austria, 
Belarus, 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Bulgaria, 
Croatia, 
Denmark, 
Finland, 
France, 
Hungary, 
Latvia, 
Lithuania, 
Montenegro, 
Netherlands, 
Norway, 
Poland, 
Romania, 
Russia, 
Serbia, 
Slovakia, 
Spain, 
United Kingdom
North America: 
United States
Central America: 
Antigua and Barbuda, 
Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
Mexico, 
Nicaragua, 
Panama, 
Trinidad and Tobago
South America: 
Argentina, 
Bolivia, 
Brazil, 
Chile, 
Colombia, 
Ecuador, 
Paraguay, 
Peru, 
Uruguay
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- UN Convention against Corruption website
- UN Convention against Corruption gets go-ahead during Summit treaty event
- UNCAC Theme page at the Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (U4): A one-stop site on the UNCAC for development practitioners. Includes briefing documents, Expert Answers, examples of donor support for implementation, and selected literature.
