Corruption and bribery in international commercial transaction.

Adopts the UN Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions; invites Member States to take appropriate measures and cooperate at all levels to combat corruption and bribery in internaitonal commercial transations; requests the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies, in particular the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: (a) to examine ways to further the implementation of the present resolution and the annexed Declaration, so as to promote the criminalization of corruption and bribery in international commercial transactions; (b) to keep the issue of corruption and bribery in international commercial transactions under regular review; (c) to promote the effective implementation of the present resolution; encourages private and public corporations, including transnational corporations, and individuals engaged in international commercial transactions to cooperate in the effective implementation of the Declaration; requests the Secretary-General to inform Member States, the relevant bodies and the specialized agencies of the UN system, and international, regional and non-governmental organizations, of the adoption of the present resolution, to encourage action towards making its provisions widely known and to promote its effective implementation.

Adopted without vote, 56th meeting

UN Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions (1997)

Adopted at the 56th plenary meeting, 20 Nov. 1996.
"Annex: United Nations Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions": p. 79-80.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1996, New York, 25 Jan. and 6-9 Feb. 1996; resumed organizational session for 1996, New York, 2 Apr. and 2-3 May 1996; substantive session of 1996, New York, 24 June-26 July 1996; resumed substantive session of 1996, New York, 10 Oct. and 13-14 and 20 Nov. 1996 - E/1996/96 - p. 78-80 - (ESCOR, 1996, Suppl. no. 1).