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 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4 only

2 and 4 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

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UPSC Prelims

2019 • 02 Jun, 2019 • Paper-1

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?

Correct Answer

2 and 4 only

Statement 1 Analysis: Incorrect. The 'Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants' is actually supplementary to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized......

💡 Analysis & Explanation

Statement 1 Analysis ▼

Incorrect. The 'Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants' is actually supplementary to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), not the anti-corruption convention (UNCAC).

Statement 2 Analysis ▼

Correct. UNCAC is indeed the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument globally.

Statement 3 Analysis ▼

Incorrect. The specific and groundbreaking chapter on 'asset recovery' (returning stolen public assets to rightful owners) is a highlight of the UNCAC, not the UNTOC.

Statement 4 Analysis ▼

Correct. The UNODC acts as the guardian and secretariat for both these major international conventions (UNCAC and UNTOC), assisting member states in their implementation.

Conclusion ▼

Only statements 2 and 4 are correct due to the swapping of facts in 1 and 3.

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