On March 28, 2014 the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution entitled "The negative impact of the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin to the countries of origin on the enjoyment of human rights". The resolution was adopted with 33 votes on favor, 12 abstentions and only 2 against (the U.S. and Japan).
The American UN representative Paula Schriefer explained that the U.S. voted "no" because the resolution "make[s] pronouncements in the highly technical area of asset recovery" which "lies outside the appropriate scope" of the Council. She also pointed out that the adopted resolution did not "reflect valuable progress made by relevant experts in the UNCAC's [UN Convention against Corruption] Conference of States Parties."