Understanding and awareness of UNCAC accession increased Sample Clauses

Understanding and awareness of UNCAC accession increased. Broad international and regional experiences recognize that political will is vital to fighting corruption effectively. However, while political will in support of anti-corruption efforts in the Pacific has been gaining momentum, there is also an inconsistency with the large turn-over of Governments (e.g. Vanuatu had four motions of no confidence in Parliament in 2014). Outcome 1 therefore recognizes that the importance of enabling PICs to become States parties to the Convention is underpinned by political will. The only remaining PICs to accede to the Convention include Niue, Samoa and Tonga. The reasons why these countries are not yet States parties are internal complexities that reflect a lack of political will. However, the tremendous leap of this region in regard to UNCAC accession within the lifetime of the UN-PRAC Project has confirmed that through systematic and persistent support, the remaining countries will eventually ratify or accede to UNCAC. It is also to be noted that Niue is not a UN Member State; it is a self-governing State in free association with New Zealand. However, UN organizations have accepted Niue’s status as a freely-associated State as being equivalent to holding independence for the purposes of international law. In relation to UNCAC, the Xxxx Islands set the precedent; it has the same status as Niue but became a State party on 17 October 2011. This Project also covers Tokelau, which is a territory of New Zealand. While New Zealand became a State party to the Convention on 1 December 2015, it explicitly provided in its depository notification that the accession “shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory”.