A/HRC/RES/41/9 Highlighting that national human rights institutions could play an important role in raising awareness and promoting educational and training activities regarding the impact of corruption on human rights through their complaint procedures, investigations and analysis, Recognizing the opportunities provided by open data and digital technologies to strengthen transparency and accountability and to prevent, detect and investigate corruption, Stressing the importance of indicators, as appropriate, for measuring the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights and on the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, Underlining the importance of Human Rights Council mechanisms, such as the universal periodic review, and the treaty bodies in raising awareness and strengthening the commitment to tackle the negative impact of corruption, Underlining also the importance of mainstreaming anti-corruption efforts in national development strategies and processes in order to address corruption and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Welcoming the engagement of States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption through appropriate measures, such as the development of national plans of action to strengthen the implementation of the Convention at the domestic level and participation in the Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, aimed at identifying gaps and assisting States parties in meeting the objectives of the Convention, 1. Urges States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and calls upon States parties to the Convention to effectively implement it; 2. Recognizes the negative impact of widespread corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, including by reducing the resources available for all sectors, thereby hampering the realization of all human rights; 3. Welcomes the commitments made by all States in Sustainable Development Goal 16 and its target 16.5 to substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms; 4. Looks forward to the contribution expected from the upcoming meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, which has as its theme “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”, to be held from 9 to 18 July 2019, in New York, at which the forum will discuss, among other things, Sustainable Development Goal 16, a very important goal in efforts to combat corruption; 5. Underlines the necessity to step up cooperation and coordination among different stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society at the national, regional and international levels, to fight corruption in all its forms as a means of contributing positively to the promotion and protection of human rights; 6. Stresses that preventive measures are one of the most effective means of countering corruption and of avoiding its negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights, calls for the strengthening of prevention measures at all levels, and underlines that one key aspect of preventive measures is to address the needs of those in vulnerable situations who may be the first victims of corruption; 7. Urges States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, while addressing the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, a safe and enabling environment in which civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity; 8. Recognizes that the negative impact of corruption on human rights and sustainable development can be prevented and addressed through anti-corruption education, and notes with appreciation the capacity-building activities and specialized curricula developed by relevant institutions, such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Anti-Corruption Academy; 9. Encourages national anti-corruption authorities and national human rights institutions, where they exist, to cooperate through the exchange of information, where 3