Report of the 5th 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 77 Crime prevention and control, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1978–1981

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/35/171

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1981	A/RES/35/171	Report of the 6th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	768	20%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/59	Report of the 5th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	950	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Experts Information Dissemination Offenders Technical Cooperation Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Requests thc Secretary-General to implement to the fullest extent possible the conclusions of the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Trcatment of Offenders by:

Transmitting far appropriate action to the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions as well as to all othcr United Nations organs and org~nizations conccrned, those conclusions _of the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevent10n of Crime and the Treatment of Offendcrs that fall within their spheres of compctence;

( b) Giving them the widest possible circulation and dissemination and stim ulating international cfforts to exchange experience and knowledge;

Gathering and disseminating information concerning crime trends and criminal policies, with special emphasis on economic criminality and abmes of cconomic power that have a detrimental effect on natio~al economies and international trade. and by devclopmg strategies to deal with them;

Providing to Member States, at their request, advice and assistance far the re-evaluation of their criminal justice systems and for reassessment of the purposes as well as the effectiveness of such systems in relation to national and local requirements;

Elaborating guidelines for thc development and (e) implcmt-ntation of policies designed to make criminal justice systems more responsive to curre:-;¡ social needs, to ensure the strict observance of fundamental human rights and to promote a more rational, consistent and integrated approach to the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders;

Fostering the exchangc among countries of (f) information relating to crime and to the functioning of the criminal justice systems;

Stresses the need for intensive intcrnational and regional co-operation in crime prevention and control, as well as co-ordination, among ali the United Nations organs and organizations concerned, especially the United Nations Development Programmc, the various regional commissions and institutes and the spccialized agencies;

Urges that technical assistance in crime prevention and control be made available to Governments requesting it, as a matter of urgency, and that high priority be given to the provision of regional and ínterregional technical advisory services and co-operation, particularly in the light of recent directives of the policymaking bodies of the United Nations facusing on regional and intercountry activities and the proved success of this approach to crime prevention;

Invites Member States to give maximum attention and support to the relevant conclusions of the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and to provide to the Secretary-General, in time for submission to the Sixth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, to be held at Sydney in 1980, information relating to the measures taken in this respect;

Draws the attention of Member States to the existence of the United Nations Trust Fund far Social Defence, established in pursuance of Economic and Social Council resolution 1086 B (XXXIX) of 30 July 1965, and urges them to contribute to it;

Appcals to all Member States to support international action for crime prevcntion, especially through the sharing of costs of intcrnational meetings. seminars, workshops and training courses and by acting as hosts to regional research centres;

Rcquests the Secretary-General to prepare a report on the information received under paragraph 4 above for submission to the Sixth Congress and to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session;

Furthcr requcsts the Secretary-General to take the neccssary measures far the preparation of the Sixth Congress, inter afia, through the commissioning of rcports by consultant experts, selccted with due regard to equitablc geographic representation, and the organization of regional preparatory meetings, pursuant to existing practice, for Africa, Asia and Latin Amcrica, to which ali Governments of the region may send experts and to which the Secretary-General shall invite consultant expcrts from the region concerned.

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