The 11th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (COSP11) was held from 15–19 December 2025 in Doha, Qatar. The conference convened more than 2,500 participants from 192 countries, including government representatives, international organisations, civil society, and anti-corruption practitioners. The session concluded with the adoption of 11 resolutions aimed at strengthening global anti-corruption efforts.
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About the UN Convention Against Corruption and the Conference of the States Parties
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only legally binding universal anti-corruption instrument. It offers a comprehensive framework that includes prevention, criminalization, international cooperation, asset recovery, and technical assistance. The Convention plays a crucial role in advancing anti-corruption reforms and promoting changes to legislative and regulatory systems. The Convention is available here in the six UN official languages.
The Conference of the States Parties (COSP) acts as the primary decision-making body of UNCAC. It assists parties and signatories in implementing the Convention and provides policy guidance to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which functions as the Convention’s secretariat, developing and implementing anti-corruption activities.
COSP convenes every two years, where representatives from states and other stakeholders gather to review the implementation of UNCAC, discuss emerging challenges and trends, and adopt resolutions on relevant issues.
Key outcomes of COSP11
COSP11 adopted 11 resolutions addressing evolving corruption risks and bolstering institutional integrity frameworks. Some key resolutions are:
- Strengthening international cooperation and technical assistance, while taking advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence systems in anti-corruption efforts.
- Enhancing the enforcement of UNCAC in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
- Improving data collection and measurement of corruption, its effects, and the success of anti-corruption and integrity initiatives.
- Strengthening anti-corruption education programmes and activities for children and young people.
- Improving transparency in political financing.
- Strengthening inter-agency cooperation between anti-corruption bodies and financial intelligence units.
- Fighting corruption that enables migrant smuggling.
The unedited versions of the resolutions and decisions adopted at COSP11 are available here.
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