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

A/RES/39/112View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

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

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7 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Drug Traffic Guidelines Regional Cooperation Technical Cooperation

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13 operative paragraphs

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Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Italy for its offer to act as host to the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders:

Reaffirms its hope that the Seventh Congress will make an important and useful contribution to the solution V_I._ Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committe_e_ .... _ -~-----

of problems related tl> crime prevention and criminal justice:

Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolutions 1982/29 and 1984/45 and, in particula~. the recommendation that the Seventh Congress finalize new guiding principles on crime prevention and criminal justice in the context of development;

Welcomes also the recommendations made by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1984/51 on improved modalities of technical co-operation in crime prevention and criminal justice;

Fakes note of the preparatory work carried out by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, as the preparatory body for the Seventh Congress, at its eighth session and by the regional and interregional preparatory meetings convened in co-operation with the regional commissions, interregional and regional crime prevention institutes and interested Governments: 96 6.

C ·alls upon Governments. United Nations bodies. the specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, as well as interested non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, to participate in the Seventh Congress and to intensify and expand their technical and scientific preparations for it;

Invites the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1985 to approve the provisional rules of procedure of the Seventh Congress;

Requests the Seventh Congress, under item 3 of its provisional agenda, lo give urgent attention to the strengthening of techmcal co-operation in crime prevention and criminal justice, in pursuance of the recommendations of the regional preparatory meetings and the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control;

Invites the Seventh Congress to pay particular attention to the question of illicit drug trafficking;

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Appeals to Member States to consider contributing to the United Nations Trust Fund for Social Defence, in order to enable the Fund to undertake activities of assistance to countries requesting it, and to allocate an appropriate portion of their resources to programmes for the reduction of crime and the improvement of criminal justice:

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the 11. substantive and organizational work of the Seventh Congress is fully adequate for its successful outcome:

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, in accordance with past practice, a report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Congress, to be prepared for the Seventh Congress in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1982/29;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session his views and recommendations on the implementation of the conclusions of the Seventh Congress;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session an item entitled "Crime prevention and criminal justice: report of the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders".

/0 I st plenary meeting

14 December 1984

95 Resolution 35/171. annex % See Official Records 0/'1/,, f.co1101111c and s,,. ,al Council. / 1184. Su11p/c nwn1 .\'o 6 (F'l984il6), c:hap Ill.

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