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UPSC 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?
(a)1 and 3 only
(b)2, 3 and 4 only
(c)2 and 4 only
(d)1, 2, 3 and 4
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) 2 and 4 only
The ‘Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air’ supplements UNTOC, not UNCAC, so statement 1 is incorrect. UNCAC (2003) is the first and only universal, legally binding anti-corruption convention, making statement 2 correct. The dedicated asset-recovery chapter is a feature of UNCAC, not UNTOC, so statement 3 is wrong. UNODC is mandated to assist States in implementing both UNCAC and UNTOC, so statement 4 is correct. Therefore only statements 2 and 4 are correct (option c). ([sherloc.unodc.org](https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/en/education/tertiary/organized-crime/module-16/key-issues/organized-crime-international-framework---the-organized-crime-convention-and-its-protocols.html?utm_source=openai))
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