Endorses the conclusions of the Fourth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Kyoto, Japan, from 1 7 to 26 August 1970, 34 and the recommendations of the Advisory Committee of Experts on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders? 5 which met after the Congress;
2
Endorses in particular the recommendation of the Congress concerning meetings, seminars, training courses and workshops of experts, at regional and international levels, for the exchange of information, knowledge, experience and expertise in the field of crime prevention and control, taking full advantage of the programme of advisory services of the United Nations;
3
Supports the recommendations in the Declaration unanimously adopted by the Fourth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, which emphasizes, among other things, the need for strengthening international co-operation in crime prevention and control;36
4
InvitesMember States to inform the Secretary- General of the situation concerning crime prevention and control in their own countries and the measures being taken to provide information, not later than the end of 197 4, for a final report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session;
5
UrgesGovernments, organs of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other international organizations concerned to strengthen international cooperation in crime prevention and, in particular, to ensure the availability of effective technical aid to countries desiring such assistance for the formulation and adoption of policies, programmes and measures for the prevention and control of crime and delinquency;
6
Requeststhe Secretary-General to ascertain from Member States their views concerning the advisability of holding an international conference of ministers responsible for social defence or relevant ministers to review problems of crime prevention and control and to identify methods of prevention and control at the international level;
7
Further requeststhe Secretary-General to take the necessary measures for the preparation of the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders;
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35 See E/CN.5/457.
36 The text of the Declaration is contained in the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1584 (L).
8
Instructs the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to submit a report to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the methods and ways likely to be most effective in preventing crime and improving the treatment of offenders, including recommendations on the measures most appropriate in such areas as law enforcement, judicial procedures and correctional practices;
9
Decides to consider this question at its twentyeighth session, taking into account action by the Commission on Social Development and the Economic and Social Council.
2 I 14th plenary meeting
18 December 1972
:io Official Records of the General Ass«mb/y, Twenty-seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 52, document A.18939, para 7.
BI Resolution 2542 (XXIV).
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