Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, Particularly Its Technical Cooperation Capacity

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1995.

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4 versions · 1995–1998

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/52/90

1998A/RES/52/90Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, particularly its technical cooperation capacityLatestCompare with previous version
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1996A/RES/50/146Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, particularly its technical cooperation capacityCompare with previous version
1995A/RES/49/158Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, particularly its technical cooperation capacity

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18 topics

Advisory Services Coordination Within UN System Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Declarations Economies in Transition Financial Resources Guidelines Institutional Machinery Inter-Agency Cooperation Operational Activities Organized Crime Peacekeeping Operations Programme Implementation Project Formulation Project Implementation Technical Cooperation Training Programmes

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Welcomes with appreciation Economic and Social Council resolution 1994/16 of 25 July 1994, entitled "Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme";

Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme and the crucial role it has to play in promoting international cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice, in responding to the needs of the international community in the face of both national and transnational criminality and in assisting Member States in achieving the goals of preventing crime within and among States and improving the response to crime;

Also reaffirms the priority of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in accordance with its resolutions 46/152, 47/91 and 48/103, and the need for an appropriate share of the existing resources of the United Nations for the programme;

Requests the Secretary-General, as a matter of urgency, to give effect to its resolutions 46/152, 47/91 and 48/103 and to Economic and Social Council resolutions 1992/22, 1993/31, 1993/34 and 1994/16 by providing the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme with sufficient resources for the full implementation of its mandates, in conformity with the high priority attached to the programme;

Recognizes that operational activities and technical assistance should continue to receive priority attention among United Nations activities in crime prevention and criminal justice;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide adequate funds to build and maintain the institutional capacity of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme to respond to requests of Member States for assistance in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, if necessary through the reallocation of resources;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to upgrade the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch of the Secretariat into a division, in accordance with resolutions 46/152, 47/91 and 48/103 and taking fully into account paragraphs 2 and 11 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1994/16;

Welcomes the appointment of two interregional advisers in crime prevention and criminal justice;

Calls upon States and funding agencies to make significant financial contributions for operational activities for crime prevention and criminal justice, and encourages all States to make voluntary contributions for that purpose to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Trust Fund, taking also into account the activities required for the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime;

Requests the Secretary-General to facilitate, as appropriate, the creation of joint initiatives and the joint formulation and implementation of technical assistance projects, benefiting developing countries and countries in transition, involving interested donor countries and funding agencies, particularly the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, with a view to establishing and maintaining efficient criminal justice systems as an essential component of developmental efforts;

Also requests the Secretary-General further to strengthen cooperation between the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme;

Further requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to assist the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as the principal policy-making body in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, in performing its functions and to ensure the proper coordination of all relevant activities in the field, in particular with the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs;

Welcomes the contributions made by the programme in helping States upon request, including requests channelled through United Nations peace-keeping operations, in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1992/22, and requests the Secretary-General to continue developing basic courses on United Nations norms and guidelines in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, which can be used, as necessary, for training peace-keeping and emergency mission personnel and, upon the request of Member States, their national counterparts, as called for in Council resolution 1993/34;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a progress report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.

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