Countering money-laundering

Strongly condemns the laundering of money derived from illicit drug trafficking and other serious crimes, as well as the use of the financial systems of States for that purpose; urges all States to implement the provisions against money-laundering that are contained in the UN Convention against Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 and the other relevant international instruments on money-laundering, in accordance with fundamental constitutional principles; calls upon the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention to continue to work with relevant multilateral and regional institutions, organizations or bodies engaged in activities against money-laundering and drug trafficking and with international financial institutions to give effect to the above principles by providing training, advice and technical assistance to States upon request and where appropriate

Adopted without vote, 9th meeting

Adopted at the 9th plenary meeting, 10 June 1998.
In: Measures to enhance international cooperation to counter the world drug problem : resolutions / adopted by the General Assembly. - A/RES/S-20/4. - 8 Sept. 1998. - p. 17-20.