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

A/RES/54/125View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 107 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2000.

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6 versions · 1985–2000

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?

13 subjects

Appointment of Officials Conferences Coordination Within UN System Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Declarations Experts Financing Geographical Distribution Least Developed Countries Public Information Recommendations Travel Costs

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18 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the preparations for the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders;⁴

⁴E/CN.15/1999/6 and Corr.1.

Also takes note of the reports of the four regional preparatory meetings for the Tenth Congress,⁵ and invites Member States and other entities involved to take into account the conclusions and recommendations contained in those reports;

⁵4 A/CONF.187/RPM.1/1 and Corr.1, A/CONF.187/RPM.2/1, A/CONF.187/RPM.3/1 and A/CONF.187/RPM.4/1.

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure, in collaboration with Member States, a wide and effective programme of public information related to the preparations for the Tenth Congress, to the Congress itself and to the follow-up to and implementation of its conclusions;

Requests the Secretary-General to assist least developed countries and consider ways to assist developing countries in need to participate in the Tenth Congress by providing the necessary resources for the travel and per diem of delegations from least developed countries, within available resources, and by exploring the possibility of obtaining contributions for that purpose from governmental, intergovernmental and relevant non-governmental organizations and donors;

Calls upon the specialized agencies and other relevant United Nations bodies and institutes and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to participate effectively in the Tenth Congress and to contribute to the formulation of regional and international measures aimed at preventing crime and ensuring justice;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the substantive and organizational arrangements for the Tenth Congress are adequate in relation to its expected outcome and to provide the required resources for that purpose in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2000–2001;

Approves the documentation and the draft programme of work for the Tenth Congress, as proposed by the Secretary-General in his report on progress made in the preparations for the Congress,⁶ taking into account the recommendations of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice related thereto;

⁶E/CN.15/1999/6 and Corr.1, chap. II, sect. F, and annex.

Decides that the high-level segment of the Tenth Congress shall be held on 14 and 15 April 2000 to allow heads of State or Government or government ministers to focus on the main theme of the Congress;

Encourages States, other entities concerned and the Secretary-General to work together in order to ensure that the four workshops to be held during the Tenth Congress focus clearly on the respective issues and achieve practical results, and invites interested Governments to follow up with concrete technical cooperation projects or activities;

Invites donor countries to cooperate with developing countries to ensure their full participation in the workshops;

Encourages Governments to make preparations for the Tenth Congress at an early stage and by all necessary means, including, where appropriate, by establishing national preparatory committees, with a view to contributing to a focused and productive discussion of the topics and to participating actively in the organization of and follow-up to the workshops, the submission of national position papers on different agenda items and the encouragement of contributions from the academic community and relevant scientific institutions;

Reiterates its invitation to Member States to be represented at the Tenth Congress at a high political level, for example, by heads of State or Government, government ministers or attorneys-general;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite prominent personalities with acknowledged expertise in the topics of the Tenth Congress, on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, to participate in panels under each topic of the Congress at the expense of the United Nations, with a view to ensuring a more focused discussion and action-oriented conclusions;

Decides that the Tenth Congress, within the framework of the provisional agenda approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 53/110, should devote particular attention to ways and means of making operational the provisions of the United Nations convention against transnational organized crime, especially taking into account the needs of developing countries in the area of capacity-building;

Requests the Tenth Congress to submit, through the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the Economic and Social Council, its declaration to the Millennium Assembly for consideration and action;

Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to give priority attention at its ninth session to the conclusions and recommendations of the Tenth Congress, with a view to recommending, through the Economic and Social Council, appropriate follow-up by the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint a Secretary-General and an Executive Secretary of the Tenth Congress, in accordance with past practice, to perform their functions under the rules of procedure for United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders;

Decides to consider this question at its fifty-fifth session.

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