《联合国反腐败公约》(以下简称《公约》)第1条明确阐述了其宗旨之一是:“促进和加强各项措施,以便更高效而有力地预防和打击腐败”。作为其中一项措施,《公约》第29条规定“各缔约国均应当根据本国法律酌情规定一个较长的时效,以便在此期限内对根据本公约确立的任何犯罪启动诉讼程 Article 1 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (hereinafter referred to as ”the Convention“) explicitly states that one of its purposes is to ”promote and strengthen measures to prevent and combat corruption more efficiently and effectively“. As one of the measures, Article 29 of the Convention stipulates that ”Each State Party shall establish, as appropriate, a longer period of limitation in accordance with its domestic law so as to initiate proceedings for any of the offenses established in accordance with this Convention within that period