The Convention seeks to ensure a functional equivalence among the measures taken by the parties to sanction bribery of foreign public officials, without requiring uniformity or changes in fundamental principles of a party's legal system.
该公约寻求确保各缔约国为制裁贿赂外国公职人员的行为而采取的措施发挥相同的作用，而不要求统一或改变缔约方法律制度的基本原则。