UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2019

Consider the following statements: 1. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has a 'Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air'. 2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument. 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. 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. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 3 only
  2. 2, 3 and 4 only
  3. 2 and 4 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer

Correct Answer

2 and 4 only

Explanation

The Smuggling of Migrants Protocol supplements UNTOC, not UNCAC, so statement 1 is wrong. UNCAC is the first legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument (statement 2 correct). The specific chapter on asset recovery/return is a highlight of UNCAC, not UNTOC (statement 3 wrong). UNODC assists member States in implementing both (statement 4 correct).

Topics: international conventions and agencies, international relations, un anti-corruption and crime instruments, uncac, untoc and unodc