Secretary-General's Message on Human Rights Day.

Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year's observance also marks 20 years since a bold step forward in the struggle to make rights a reality for all: the adoption by the World Conference on Human Rights of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

Annual report on corruption in the world was recently made public in Berlin – home to headquarters of Transparency International that annually develops its Corruption Perceptions Index. The CPI uses a scale from 0 to 100 and a country is considered relatively free from corruption if its scores are higher than 50.

UN Secretary General calls for more concerted and effective action on International Anti-Corruption Day.

"Corruption suppresses economic growth by driving up costs, and undermines the sustainable management of the environment and natural resources.  It breaches fundamental human rights, exacerbates poverty and increases inequality by diverting funds from health care, education and other essential services.

The United Nations Convention on Anti-Corruption (UNCAC) is the most comprehensive international agreement on principles of preventing and fighting corruption. But what is in it?

And what is in it for Ukraine?

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Keeping in mind the situation in Ukraine, many international and national organizations, unions and entities have voiced their grave concern. Official statements of some of them are presented hereunder.