Preparations for the 10th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1998–1999

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/53/110

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1999	A/RES/53/110	Preparations for the 10th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	963	28%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/91	Preparations for the 10th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	1,091	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Agenda Budget Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Participants Resources Allocation

What’s in this document?

25 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its sixth session³ and of the its discussion on the preparations for the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders;⁴

³Ibid., 1997, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/1997/30 and Corr.1).

⁴Ibid., chap. II.

Decides that the Tenth Congress should be held in the year 2000 and that the following topics should be included in its provisional agenda, as recommended by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its sixth session:⁵

⁵Ibid., para. 15.

Promoting the rule of law and strengthening the criminal justice system;

International cooperation in combating transnational crime: new challenges in the twenty-first century;

Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments;

Offenders and victims: accountability and fairness in the justice process;

Also decides that four workshops on the following issues should be held within the framework of the Tenth Congress:

Combating corruption;

Crimes related to the computer network;

Community involvement in crime prevention;

Women in the criminal justice system;

Welcomes the offer by the Government of South Africa to host the Tenth Congress, and requests the Secretary-General to initiate consultations with the Government and to report to the Commission at its seventh session;

Takes note with appreciation of the statement made on behalf of the Government of Austria that, if consensus could be reached and questions of timing could be resolved, that Government would be honoured to host the Tenth Congress at Vienna;

Requests the Commission, at its seventh session, to finalize the programme for the Tenth Congress and to make its final recommendations, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly, taking into account the fact that the Tenth Congress should deal with a limited number of precisely defined substantive topics reflecting the urgent needs of the world community and should include practical technical workshops on well-focused issues related to the substantive agenda items;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a discussion guide for the consideration of the Commission, in cooperation with the institutes for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders affiliated with the United Nations, and invites Member States to be actively involved in that process;

Invites the regional commissions, the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network, government-appointed national correspondents in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, the specialized agencies and other entities within the United Nations system, the intergovernmental organizations concerned and relevant non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to become actively involved in the preparations for the Tenth Congress;

Invites Member States to be represented at the Tenth Congress at a high political level, for example by heads of State, government ministers and attorneys-general;

Decides to reserve the first two days of the plenary session at the Tenth Congress following its opening primarily for statements by such representatives at a high political level on the main themes of the Congress;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare an overview of the state of crime and criminal justice worldwide for presentation at the opening of the Tenth Congress;

Also requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the organization of ancillary meetings of non-governmental and professional organizations participating in the Tenth Congress, in accordance with past practice, 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 at the Tenth Congress;

Further requests the Secretary-General to provide the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Secretariat, serving as the secretariat of the Tenth Congress, with the resources necessary to undertake, in an effective and timely manner, within the overall appropriations of the programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999, the preparatory activities for the Tenth Congress, as directed by the Commission, including the organization of regional preparatory meetings, and to ensure adequate resources for the biennium 2000-2001 for other requirements and the conduct of the Tenth Congress itself;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide resources, as required, in accordance with established United Nations budgetary practice and within the overall appropriations of the programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999, and adequate resources for the biennium 2000-2001, in order to ensure an appropriate programme of public information relating to the preparations for the Tenth Congress;

Also requests the Secretary-General to make available the necessary resources for the participation of the least developed countries in the regional preparatory meetings for the Tenth Congress and in the Congress itself, in accordance with past practice;

Invites the Commission, as the preparatory body for the United Nations congresses, to finalize all organizational arrangements for the Tenth Congress at its seventh session, including its dates, duration, documentation and venue;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure proper follow-up action to the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly, through the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its seventh session.

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