; (B) the Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, adopted November 26, 2009; (C) the Recommendation of the Council on the Tax Deductibility of Bribes to Foreign Public Officials, adopted on April 11, 1996; and (D) other related instruments; (4) legal instruments adopted by the Council of Europe and monitored by the Group of States against Corruption, including— (A) the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, done at Strasbourg January 27, 1999; (B) the Civil Law Convention on Corruption, done at Strasbourg, November 4, 1999; (C) the Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, done at Strasbourg May 15, 2003; (D) the Twenty Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption, done at Strasbourg November 6, 1997; (E) the Recommendation on Codes of Conduct for Public Officials, done at Strasbourg May 11, 2000; and (F) the Recommendation on Common Rules against Corruption in the Funding of Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns, done at Strasbourg April 8, 2003; (5) Second Dimension commitments of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe regarding good governance, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and related issues; and (6) the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption of the Organization of American States, done at Caracas March 29, 1996. 5. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to leverage United States diplomatic engagement and foreign assistance to promote the rule of law; (2) (A) to promote the international standards referred to in section 4 and other relevant international standards and best practices, as such standards and practices develop; and (B) to seek the universal adoption and implementation of such standards and practices by foreign states; (3) to support foreign states in promoting good governance and combating public corruption