[Content from UNCAC Coalition’s site]
From 26 to 28 April 2021, the first-ever UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) focused on corruption will take place in New York. The UNGASS provides an opportunity to shape the global anti-corruption agenda for the next decade – by advancing bold and innovative approaches, scaling best practices and developing new standards and mechanisms.
UNODC has launched a website to solicit and publish submissions from governments, UN bodies, international organisations and civil society organisations: http://ungass2021.org/
Stakeholders are encouraged to submit their contributions to UNODC to ungass2021@un.org.
Opportunities to become involved
- The UNCAC Coalition will hold a consultation with its members and the groups in its network to collect input for a detailed submission in March-April 2020, to which you can contribute.
- If you would like to share your positions and input and contribute or coordinate UNGASS advocacy, get in touch with them: info@uncaccoalition.org
- Apply to join the UNCAC Coalition to become fully involved in their UNGASS advocacy.
Timetable of preparatory meetings
A zero draft of the Political Declaration will be prepared by UNODC, taking into account input received through the consultation process from States Parties, civil society groups, UN bodies and international organisations.
Three CoSP intersessionals will take place in 2020 in Vienna to prepare the political declaration of the UNGASS:
- 11-12 June: Focus on prevention and criminalisation
- 2-4 September: Focus on Asset Recovery
- 18-20 November: Focus on International Cooperation
Between those intersessional meetings, which can be attended by civil society observers (who also have the opportunity to speak), informal negotiations will also take place in Vienna (where civil society will be excluded).
The political declaration will be adopted at a special CoSP session in February 2021 before it is forwarded to the General Assembly.
The intersessional meetings can be attended by organisations that were registered as observers for the UNCAC CoSP8 in Abu Dhabi in December 2019.