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International Cooperation in Combating Organized Crime

A/RES/47/87No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 93bCrime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1993.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1990–1993
  • 1993A/RES/47/87International cooperation in combating organized crimeLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1991A/RES/45/123International co-operation in combating organized crimeCompare with previous version
  • 1990A/RES/44/71International co-operation in combating organized crime

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 topics
ConferencesCooperation Between OrganizationsCrime PreventionCriminal JusticeGuidelinesInformation DisseminationLaundering of FundsLaws and RegulationsNon-Governmental OrganizationsOrganized CrimePopular ParticipationSocial ResearchTraining Programmes

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Urges Member States to give favourable consideration to the implementation of the Guidelines for the prevention and control of organized crime '2:_/ at both national and international levels;
2
Invites Member States, in cooperation with international governmental and non-governmental organizations, ~o assist in increasing awareness to ensure a broad base of public participation and support for action against organized crime;
3
Also invites Member States to make available to the Secretary-General, on request, the provisions of their legislation relating to money laundering, the tracing, seizing and forfeiture of the proceeds of crime and the monitoring of large-scale cash transactions and other measures so that they may be available to Member States desiring to enact or further develop legislation in those fields;
4
Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to continue to consider ways of strengthening international cooperation in combating organized crime, taking due account of the opinions of Governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations expressed at international forums and to submit its views, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session;
5
Also requests the Commission to organize the ongoing review and analysis of the incidence of transnational organized criminal activity and the dissemination of information thereon;
6
Calls upon Member States, international organizations and interested non-governmental organizations to cooperate closely with the United Nations in organizing practice-oriented workshops, research projects and training programmes to deal with specific aspects of organized criminal activities.

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