Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

A/RES/50/145View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 106 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1996.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1985–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/125

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/125	Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	954	12%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/145	Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	971	24%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/157	Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	914	—
1991	A/RES/45/121	Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	—	—
1985	A/RES/40/32	Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	1,115	16%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Law Information Dissemination Public Information Recommendations Rule of Law Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Expresses its satisfaction with the results achieved by the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995;

Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government and people of Egypt for the generous hospitality extended to the participants at the Ninth Congress and for the efficient facilities, staff and services placed at their disposal;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Ninth Congress, which contains the results of the Congress, including the recommendations and suggestions made at the workshops, at the special plenary meeting on combating corruption involving public officials and at the special plenary meeting on technical cooperation;

Endorses the resolutions adopted by the Ninth Congress, as approved by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and also endorses the recommendations made by the Commission, at its fourth session, and by the Economic and Social Council, at its substantive session of 1995, on the implementation of the resolutions and recommendations of the Ninth Congress, as contained in Council resolution 1995/27 of 24 July 1995;

Invites Governments to be guided by the resolutions and recommendations of the Ninth Congress in formulating legislation and policy directives and to make all efforts to implement the principles contained therein, in accordance with the economic, social, legal, cultural and political circumstances of each country;

Requests the Secretary-General to pay particular attention to the operational aspects of the follow-up to the Ninth Congress in order to assist interested States in strengthening the rule of law by reinforcing their national machinery, promoting human resource development, undertaking joint training activities and executing pilot and demonstration projects, and urges the Department for Development Support and Management Services of the Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and other funding agencies to continue to provide financial support and assistance within the framework of their technical cooperation programmes;

Urges all entities of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions, the regional institutes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders and the relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to become actively involved in the implementation of the resolutions and recommendations of the Ninth Congress, paying particular attention to the needs and priorities identified by Member States;

Expresses its appreciation to those Member States, institutes and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations which have provided human and financial resources, particularly on the occasion of the Ninth Congress, and invites Governments to lend their support to the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme and to increase their financial contributions to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Trust Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the report of the Ninth Congress to Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, so as to ensure that it is disseminated as widely as possible, and to conduct appropriate public information activities in this field;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its fifty-first session, a report on the measures taken to implement the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session the item entitled "Crime prevention and criminal justice".

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