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UN Anti-Corruption Confce

Countries looking for ways to compromise draft resolutions

Rezaul Karim, from Bau, Indonesia
Developed and developing countries continued their struggle to overcome differences over proposed resolutions on assets recovery and a review mechanism for the compliance of state parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) during an international conference here yesterday.
Talking to reporters, a delegate of a least developing country’ (LDC) said, “We are still finding ways to compromise draft resolutions from the developed and developing countries on both assets recovery and die reviewmechanism."
He said an informal meeting between representatives from developed countries led by the United States, and the developing countries supported by the 130 member countries of the G-77 plus China, continued the negotiations to establish unified resolutions.
The key problems for the review mechanism included the difficulties in achieving an agreement on an applicable procedure acceptable to all parties.
Delegates said that they are trying to create a mechanism in this conference. but if they can t agree on die mechanism, at least they can pro-
duce terms of reference for the mech -anism.They said the draft resolution for the review mechanism from developing countries stated that it should be non-intrusive, impartial and transparent.
The United States has rejected the inclusion of a provision on the pilot project currently being conducted in 17 countries, arguing that the project only covered several state parties.
With regard to the asset recovery resolution, according to the participants the main problem is the persistent rejection by the United States of a proposal from developing countries to establish a consultative group to address difficulties in recovering stolen assets from major or developed states.
The group can also address the
issue of litigation expenses that become a key problem in efforts to reclaim stolen assets, as the requesting countries will not be charged when they ask for litigation assistance, said a delegate.
Developing countries have complained of difficulties in requesting mutual legal assistance when taking steps to recover stolen assets. The differences between legal systems and their lack of funds and expertise have been cited as the main obstacles.
Regarding legal system differences, for instance, a requesting country can claim one activity as corruption or a crime, but the country storing the money may consider it to be normal practice, leading to difficulty in forging a legal cooperation.