Noting with attention the outcome of the first and second sessions of the Conference of the States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Dead Sea, Jordan, in 2006, and in Bali, Indonesia, in 2008, 1. Welcomes the note by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights transmitting the report on the United Nations Conference on anticorruption, good governance and human rights, held in Warsaw, on 8 and 9 November 2006, by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and noting the main themes discussed during the seminar: (a) The impact of corruption on human rights; (b) Human rights and good governance in the fight against corruption; (c) The role of civil society, the private sector and the media; (d) Fighting corruption while safeguarding human rights; 2. Invites States to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and to promote transparency, accountability, prevention and enforcement as key principles of anti-corruption efforts; 3. Welcomes the publication of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights entitled “Good Governance Practices for the Protection of Human Rights”, pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/68, and requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a publication on anti-corruption, good governance and human rights, drawing on the results of the Warsaw conference; 4. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of the role of good governance, including the issue of the fight against corruption in the promotion and protection of human rights, at a future session. 40th meeting 27 March 2008