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

A/RES/59/159No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

24 versions · 1999–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/229
  • 2025A/RES/80/229Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacityLatestCompare with previous version
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  • 2023A/RES/77/237Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacityCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/76/187Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacityCompare with previous version
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iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

32 topics
Advisory ServicesBudget ContributionsCivil SocietyConsultationsCooperation Between OrganizationsCoordination Within UN SystemCorruptionCounter-TerrorismCrimeCrime PreventionCriminal JusticeDeveloping CountriesDevelopment AssistanceDevelopment StrategiesEconomies in TransitionGender MainstreamingIllegal ImmigrationInternational CooperationNon-Governmental OrganizationsOrganized Crime

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2005.

  • 2005A/60/131Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

23 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 58/140;
2
Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme in promoting effective action to strengthen 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;
3
Reiterates its appreciation of the work of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to coordinate international cooperation efforts, and requests that a gender perspective continue to be integrated into all activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;
4
Reaffirms the importance of the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the fulfilment of its mandate in crime prevention and criminal justice, including to prevent and combat terrorism in coordination with and complementing the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, in particular in strengthening international cooperation and providing technical assistance, upon request;
5
Reaffirms also the role of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in providing to Member States, upon request and as a matter of high priority, technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the areas of prevention and control of transnational organized crime, corruption and terrorism as well as in the area of reconstruction of national criminal justice systems, and stresses the need to enhance its operational activities to assist, in particular, least developed countries, developing countries, countries with economies in transition and countries emerging from conflict;
6
Recognizes the progress made in the implementation of the global programmes addressing trafficking in human beings, corruption, organized crime and terrorism, and calls upon the Secretary-General to enhance further the visibility of those programmes and to strengthen the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime by providing it with the resources necessary for the full implementation of its mandate in crime prevention and criminal justice, including the preparation of an updated publication on world crime trends;
7
Invites all States to support the operational activities of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, through voluntary contributions to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund or through voluntary contributions in direct support of such activities, including for the provision of technical assistance for the implementation of the commitments entered into at the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, including the measures outlined in the plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century;3
8
Also invites all States to support, through voluntary contributions, the activities carried out by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and institutes of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network and other relevant bodies;
9
Encourages relevant programmes, funds and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, and invites the international financial institutions, in particular the World Bank and regional and national funding agencies, to support the operational activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice;
10
Urges States and relevant international organizations to develop national, regional and international strategies and other necessary measures to complement the work of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme in addressing effectively the significant problems posed by the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons and related criminal activities, such as kidnapping;
11
Urges States and funding agencies to review, as appropriate, their funding policies for development assistance and to include a crime prevention and criminal justice component in such assistance;
12
Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to exercise more vigorously its mandated function of resource mobilization, and calls upon the Commission to strengthen further its activities in this direction;
13
Notes with appreciation the outcome of the senior-level discussion held during the thirteenth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on progress made with regard to the criminal justice aspects of terrorism and international cooperation and to the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism;
14
Expresses its appreciation to non-governmental organizations and other relevant sectors of civil society for their support for the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme;
15
Invites relevant entities of the United Nations system, including the United Nations Development Programme as well as the World Bank and other international funding agencies, to increase further their interaction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in order to benefit from synergies and avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that, as appropriate, activities on crime prevention and criminal justice, including activities related to the prevention of corruption and the promotion of the rule of law, are considered in their sustainable development agenda and that the expertise of the Office is fully utilized;
16
Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to provide adequate support to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as the principal policy-making body in this field, in performing its activities, including cooperation and coordination with the institutes of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network and other relevant bodies;
17
Urges all States and regional economic organizations that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Convention) and the Protocols thereto;8
18
Emphasizes the importance of the expeditious entry into force of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted by its resolution 55/255 of 31 May 2001;
19
Welcomes the voluntary contributions already made, and encourages States to make adequate and regular voluntary contributions for the implementation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, through the United Nations funding mechanism specifically designed for that purpose in the Convention or in direct support of implementation activities and initiatives;
20
Urges all States and competent regional economic integration organizations that have not yet done so to sign, ratify or accede to the United Nations Convention against Corruption;7
21
Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures and provide adequate support to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime so as to enable it to promote the speedy entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption;
22
Encourages States to make adequate and regular voluntary contributions for the entry into force of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, through the United Nations funding mechanism specifically designed for that purpose in the Convention or in direct support of implementation activities and initiatives;
23
Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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