Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan Against Organized Transnational Crime

A/RES/49/159View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1995.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Declarations Organized Crime Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Recommendations Resources Allocation

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Italy for acting as host to the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime;

Takes note with appreciation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Conference;²

²See A/49/748.

Approves the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime,³ and urges States to implement them as a matter of urgency;

³Ibid., sect. I.A.

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for appropriate action, while recommending a higher level of priority for the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme within the framework of the United Nations;

Urges all entities of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions and the specialized agencies, and the relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to extend to the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme their full support in the fulfilment of its tasks;

Invites Governments to contribute to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund in order to enable the programme to respond to the most urgent needs of States in the field of the prevention and control of organized transnational crime;

Resolves to take decisions at its fiftieth session on the allocation of adequate resources to the Untied Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme on the basis of proposals for the modification of the programme to be submitted by the Secretary-General, taking into account the responsibilities entrusted to the Untied Nations pursuant to the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime;

Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to keep the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime under regular review;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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