Civil society organizations (CSOs) working against corruption, including Transparency International Anti-corruption Center, along with NGOs working against transnational organized crime, released a statement addressing delegates to the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, hosted by Brazil from April 12-19, 2010. In the statement distributed at the congress, CSOs urged the delegates to support and advance effective monitoring mechanisms for two landmark global treaties in the field: the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). The implementation of these conventions will require effective monitoring, including high standards of transparency and the involvement of stakeholders.

For more information see the Statement