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?
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is wrong: the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants belongs to UNTOC, not UNCAC. Statement 2 is correct: UNCAC (2003) is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption treaty. Statement 3 is wrong: the asset-recovery chapter (Chapter V) is in UNCAC, not UNTOC. Statement 4 is correct: UNODC supports both conventions. So 2 and 4 only.
Watch for: The question swaps features of the two conventions, so students who know the features but not which treaty they belong to get caught.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the migrant protocol is under UNTOC and asset recovery is under UNCAC.
- B. Wrong because the asset-recovery chapter is in UNCAC, not UNTOC.
- D. Wrong because statements 1 and 3 are false.
Source to check: UNODC official website (unodc.org), pages on UNCAC and UNTOC and its Protocols
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