Consider the following statements: 1. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) has a 'Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air'. 2. The UNCAC is the ever-first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument. 3. A highlight of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is the inclusion of a specific chapter aimed at returning assets to their rightful owners from whom they had been taken illicitly. 4. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated by its member States to assist in the implementation of both UNCAC and UNTOC. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: C. 2 and 4 only
Statements 2 and 4 are correct — UNCAC is the first legally binding global anti-corruption instrument, and UNODC assists in implementing both UNCAC and UNTOC. Statement 1 is wrong (the Migrant-Smuggling Protocol is under UNTOC, not UNCAC) and statement 3 is wrong (the asset-recovery chapter is a highlight of UNCAC, not UNTOC).
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