Bearing in mind that the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe decided, on the occasion of their Second Summit held in Strasbourg on 10 and 11 October 1997, to seek common responses to the challenges posed by the growth in corruption and adopted an Action Plan which, in order to promote co-operation in the fight against corruption, including its links with organised crime and money laundering, instructed the Committee of Ministers, inter alia, to secure the rapid completion of international legal instruments pursuant to the Programme of Action against Corruption;
ob upoštevanju dejstva, da so se predsedniki držav in vlad Sveta Evrope na svojem drugem vrhu, ki je bil 10. in 11. oktobra 1997 v Strasbourgu, odločili, da poiščejo skupne odgovore na izzive, ki jih postavlja naraščanje korupcije, in sprejeli Akcijski načrt, ki je za pospešitev sodelovanja v boju proti korupciji, vključno s povezavami z organiziranim kriminalom in pranjem denarja, Odboru ministrov med drugim svetoval, da zagotovi hitro dokončanje mednarodnopravnih dokumentov v skladu z Akcijskim programom proti korupciji;