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Crime
prevention and criminal justice
Date of
consideration: 7
& 10 October 2005
Third
Committee report (59th
session):
A/59/494
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Documents:
A/60/123 [F]
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Report of
the Secretary-General on United Nations African Institute for
the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
A/60/131 [F]
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Report of
the Secretary-General on strengthening the United Nations
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular
its technical cooperation capacity
A/60/157
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Report of the Secretary-General on
preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of
funds of illicit origin and returning such assets to the
countries of origin
A/60/164 [F]
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Report of
the Secretary-General on strengthening international
cooperation and technical assistance in preventing and
combating terrorism
A/60/172 [F]
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Report of
the Secretary-General on preparations for the Eleventh United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
A/60/403 [F]
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Note
verbale dated 28 September 2005 from the Permanent Mission of
Madagascar to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General
A/60/405 [F]
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Letter
dated 29 September 2005 from the Permanent Representative of
the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General
Summary:
The First
United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the
Treatment of Offenders was held at Geneva in 1955, the Second
Congress in London in 1960, the Third Congress in Stockholm in
1965, the Fourth Congress in Kyoto in 1970, the Fifth Congress
at Geneva in 1975, the Sixth Congress in Caracas in 1980, the
Seventh Congress in Milan in 1985, the Eighth Congress in
Havana in 1990, the Ninth Congress in Cairo in 1995, the Tenth
Congress in Vienna in 2000 and the Eleventh Congress in
Bangkok from 18 to 25 April 2005.
At its
forty-sixth session, the General Assembly recommended that a
commission on crime prevention and criminal justice be
established as a functional commission of the Economic and
Social Council (resolution
46/152).
At its
forty-seventh to fifty-eighth sessions, the General Assembly
continued its consideration of the question (resolutions
47/87, 47/89, 47/91, 48/101 to 48/103, 49/156 to 49/159,
50/145 to 50/147, 51/59 to 51/63, 52/85 to 52/91, 53/110 to
53/114, 54/125 to 54/131, 55/25, 55/59 to 55/64, 55/188,
55/255, 56/119, 56/120, 57/169 to 57/171, 57/173, 58/4 and
58/135 to 58/140 and decision 58/531).
International cooperation in the fight against transnational
organized crime: assistance to States in capacity-building
with a view to facilitating the implementation of the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and
the Protocols thereto
At its
fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly adopted the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and
the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children and the Protocol
against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, both
supplementing the Convention (resolution
55/25). Following
their adoption, the Convention and the two Protocols were
opened for signature at a high-level political signing
conference in Palermo, Italy, convened in December 2000
pursuant to Assembly resolution
54/129.
At its
fifty-fifth session, the General Assembly adopted the Protocol
against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition
(resolution
55/255). The Protocol was opened for signature at
United Nations Headquarters 30 days after its adoption by the
Assembly.
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly welcomed the entry
into force of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, of the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children, and of the Protocol against the Smuggling of
Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; urged all States and relevant
regional economic integration organizations to consider
ratifying or acceding to the Protocol against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and
Components and Ammunition as soon as possible; encouraged
Member States to make sufficient voluntary contributions to
the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund,
as well as contributions in direct support of activities and
projects of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for
the provision of technical assistance to developing countries
and countries with economies in transition for the
implementation of those legal instruments; and requested the
Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the
resolution in his report on the work of the Office on Drugs
and Crime to be submitted to the Assembly at its sixtieth
session (59/157).
Strengthening international cooperation and technical
assistance in promoting the implementation of the universal
conventions and protocols related to terrorism within the
framework of the activities of the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly welcomed the
regional and subregional workshops that were held to
familiarize national experts and criminal justice officials
with the requirements of Security Council resolution 1373
(2001) and the requirements for becoming parties to and
implementing the universal anti-terrorism instruments and
international cooperation agreements, and encouraged the
Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime to ensure proper follow-up to those workshops;
requested the Office to continue to work with international
organizations that undertake work that is complementary to
that of the Office; called upon Member States that had not yet
done so to become parties to and implement the universal
conventions and protocols related to terrorism and, where
appropriate, to request assistance to that end from the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; requested the Secretariat
to develop further the Legislative Guide to the Universal
Anti-Terrorism Conventions and Protocols as a tool for the
provision of technical assistance; urged Member States to
continue working together, as well as on a regional and
bilateral basis and in close cooperation with the United
Nations, to prevent and combat acts of terrorism by
strengthening international cooperation and technical
assistance; requested the United Nations to pursue an
integrated, synergistic approach in the delivery of technical
assistance; requested the Secretariat to submit the guidelines
for technical assistance to the Eleventh United Nations
Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for
discussion, with a view to their consideration by the
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its
subsequent session; invited all Member States to make adequate
voluntary contributions to the United Nations Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice Fund; requested the Secretary-General to
convene an expert workshop to examine and analyse problems
encountered by criminal justice practitioners in affording
mutual legal assistance and granting extradition for terrorist
offences; invited Member States to examine ways and means to
reinforce international cooperation in criminal justice
matters pertaining to terrorism prevention during the Eleventh
United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice; and requested the Secretary-General to report to the
Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation of the
resolution (resolution
59/153).
United
Nations congresses on crime prevention and criminal justice
At its
fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided that the
main theme of the Eleventh Congress should be "Synergies and
responses: strategic alliances in crime prevention and
criminal justice"; and accepted with gratitude the offer of
the Government of Thailand to host the Eleventh Congress
(resolution
57/171).
At its
fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly decided to hold the
Eleventh Congress from 18 to 25 April 2005; and also decided
that the high-level segment would be held during the last
three days of the Congress (resolution
58/138).
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to begin
preparation of a draft declaration at intersessional meetings
to be held following its thirteenth session, for submission to
the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice at least one month prior to its commencement;
invited donor countries to cooperate with developing countries
to ensure their full participation in the workshops, and
encouraged States, other entities concerned and the
Secretary-General to work together in order to ensure that the
workshops focused on the respective issues and achieved
practical results; reiterated its invitation to Governments
and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations to inform the Eleventh Congress about their
activities aimed at putting into practice the plans of action
for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and
Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century;
reiterated its request to the Secretary-General to make
available the resources necessary to ensure the participation
of the least developed countries in the Eleventh Congress;
reiterated its invitation to Member States to be represented
at the Eleventh Congress at the highest possible level and to
participate actively in the high-level segment; requested the
Secretary-General to facilitate the organization of ancillary
meetings of non-governmental and professional organizations
participating in the Eleventh Congress as well as meetings of
professional and geographical interest groups, and to take
appropriate measures to encourage the participation of the
academic and research community in the Congress; requested the
Secretary-General to ensure, in collaboration with Member
States, a wide and effective programme of public information
relating to the preparations for the Congress, to the Congress
itself and to the follow-up to and implementation of its
recommendations; requested the Secretary-General to prepare an
overview of the state of crime and criminal justice worldwide
for presentation at the Congress; called upon the Congress to
formulate concrete proposals for further follow-up and action;
requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice at its fourteenth session to give high priority to
considering the conclusions and recommendations of the
Eleventh Congress, with a view to recommending, through the
Economic and Social Council, appropriate follow-up by the
General Assembly at its sixtieth session; and requested the
Secretary-General to ensure proper follow-up to the resolution
and to report thereon, through the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice, to the Assembly at its
sixtieth session (resolution
59/151).
United
Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the
Treatment of Offenders
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly reiterated the need
to strengthen further the capacity of the United Nations
African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the
Treatment of Offenders to support national mechanisms for
crime prevention and criminal justice in African countries;
urged the States members of the Institute to make every
possible effort to meet their obligations to the Institute;
called upon all Member States and non-governmental
organizations to adopt concrete practical measures to support
the Institute in the development of the requisite capacity and
to implement its programmes and activities; requested the
Secretary-General to intensify efforts to mobilize all
relevant entities of the United Nations system to provide the
necessary financial and technical support to the Institute to
enable it to fulfil its mandate; called upon the United
Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme and
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to work closely
with the Institute; requested the Secretary-General to enhance
the promotion of regional cooperation, coordination and
collaboration in the fight against crime; also requested the
Secretary-General to make concrete proposals, including the
provision of additional core professional staff, to strengthen
the programmes and activities of the Institute and to report
to the Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation
of the resolution (resolution
59/158).
Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation
capacity
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly reaffirmed the
importance of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice Programme; reaffirmed the importance of the work of
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the fulfilment
of its mandate in crime prevention and criminal justice;
called upon the Secretary-General to enhance further the
visibility of the global programmes addressing trafficking in
human beings, corruption, organized crime and terrorism;
invited all States to support the operational activities of
the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Programme, through voluntary contributions to the United
Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund or through
voluntary contributions in direct support of such activities;
encouraged relevant programmes, funds and organizations of the
United Nations system and invited the international financial
institutions to support the operational activities of the
Office on Drugs and Crime; urged States and funding agencies
to include a crime prevention and criminal justice component
in their funding policies for development assistance;
requested the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures
to provide adequate support to the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice; urged all States and regional
economic organizations that had not yet done so to ratify or
accede to the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime (Palermo Convention) and the Protocols
thereto, as well as to sign, ratify or accede to the United
Nations Convention against Corruption; emphasized the
importance of the expeditious entry into force of the Protocol
against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition;
encouraged States to make adequate and regular voluntary
contributions for the implementation of the Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto and
for the entry into force of the Convention against Corruption;
and requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the
implementation of the resolution to the Assembly at its
sixtieth session (resolution
59/159).
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