International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) seeks to highlight the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development.

Its basic tenet is that combating this crime is everyone's right and obligation, and that the only way we can mitigate its bad effects is through everyone's collaboration and commitment. States, government representatives, employees, law enforcement personnel, journalists, members of the commercial sector, members of civil society, academics, the general public, and young people all have a part to play in this.

The 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day also marks the start of our efforts to mark the twentieth anniversary of UNCAC. This is reflected by the theme of this year’s international day, “UNCAC at 20: Uniting the World Against Corruption”

Together with partners from around the world, it will reflect on a world made better as a result of the Convention's collective push over the coming year, culminating in IACD 2023, and, most importantly, what gaps still need to be filled to make sure this is a truly effective mechanism for the years to come.
Background: Corruption is a multifaceted social, political, and economic issue that affects all nations. Corruption threatens democratic institutions, stifles economic growth, and fuels political instability.
By skewing voting processes, subverting the rule of law, and establishing bureaucratic tangles whose sole purpose is to collect bribes, corruption undermines the foundation of democratic institutions. Foreign direct investment is discouraged, and corruption frequently makes it impossible for small firms within the nation to cover the necessary "start-up costs," which stunts economic progress.

Resolution 58/4, passed by the General Assembly on October 31, 2003, requested that the Secretary-General appoint the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as secretariat for the Conference of States Parties to the Convention.

The Assembly also designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to create awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it

On this day, as well as beyond as we mark 21 years of UNCAC, join us as we continue to unite the world against corruption.

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