Prelims 2019 · International Relations and Organisations · Question 34
Consider the following statements:<br/>1. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has a 'Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air'.<br/>2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument.<br/>3. A highlight of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is the inclusion of a specific chapter aimed at returning assets to their rightful owners from whom they had been taken illicitly.<br/>4. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated by its member States to assist in the implementation of both UNCAC and UNTOC.<br/><br/>Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer
2 and 4 only
1. Incorrect. The Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air is a protocol to UNTOC, not to UNCAC.
2. Correct. UNCAC (2003) is widely recognized as the first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument.
3. Incorrect. The specific chapter on asset recovery is a major highlight of UNCAC, not UNTOC.
4. Correct. UNODC assists member States in implementing both UNCAC and UNTOC.
Hence, only statements 2 and 4 are correct.