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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International Relations

Prelims 2019

Consider the following statements:

The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has a ‘Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument.
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.
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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Explanation

Statement 1 is not Correct. The protocol against the smuggling of Migrants by land, sea and air comes under the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and not UNCAC.

Statement 2 is Correct. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is the law binding universal anti-corruption instrument.

Statement 3 is not Correct. United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) includes "Returning Assets to their rightful owners from whom they have been taken illicitly".

Statement 4 is Correct. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated by its Member States to assist in the implementation of both Conventions,such as UNCAC and UNTOC, along with the IJN Drug Conventions of 1961, 1971 and 1988 underpin all the operational work of UNODC.

Note: An easy way to solve this question is to read all the options properly. On reading, we understand that Corruption would include elements like ‘Returning of assets’ & Transnational Organized Crime would include ‘Smuggling’ (Conceptual Understanding). In the above question, the elements of Statements 1 & 3 are inter-changed making them outrightly incorrect.

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