Transnational Organized Crime

A/RES/53/111View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1999.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Advisory Services Crime Prevention Criminal Justice International Instruments Law Enforcement Officials Manuals Organized Crime Participants Technical Cooperation Training Programmes Transnational Crime

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17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime: question of the elaboration of an international convention against organized transnational crime, and other possible international instruments;⁶

⁶E/CN.15/1998/6.

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Poland for acting as host to the meeting of the inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental group of experts, established pursuant to resolution 52/85, on the elaboration of a preliminary draft of a possible comprehensive international convention against organized transnational crime, held at Warsaw from 2 to 6 February 1998;

Welcomes with appreciation the report of the meeting of the intergovernmental group of experts;⁷

⁷E/CN.15/1998/5.

Urges Member States to continue to make every possible effort to implement fully the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan by taking the most appropriate legislative, regulatory and administrative measures, including those aimed at prevention;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his work on the development and maintenance of the central repository established pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/27 of 24 July 1996;

Urges Member States to respond promptly to the requests of the Secretary-General for data, and other information and material, including legislation and pertinent regulatory texts, by submitting such information and material in accordance with the methodological points and categorization of data set forth in annex II to Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/22 of 21 July 1997, in order to facilitate the work of the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Secretariat;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his work on the elaboration of training manuals for law enforcement and judicial personnel on action against transnational organized crime;

Also requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to identify and allocate, within the overall budget of the United Nations, adequate resources for strengthening the capacity of the Centre for International Crime Prevention in order to assist Member States in the full implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan;

Further requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide Member States with technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance upon request in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the area of prevention and control of transnational organized crime;

Decides to establish an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc committee for the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive international convention against transnational organized crime and of discussing the elaboration, as appropriate, of international instruments addressing trafficking in women and children, combating the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, and illegal trafficking in and transporting of migrants, including by sea;

Welcomes with appreciation the offer of the Government of Argentina to host an informal preparatory meeting of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee at Buenos Aires from 31 August to 4 September 1998, so as to ensure the continuation without interruption of work on the elaboration of the convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to convene a meeting of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee at Vienna from 18 to 29 January 1999 and to consider the possibility of convening a second meeting before the eighth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, if this proves necessary to advance the process;

Decides to accept the recommendation of the Commission to elect Luigi Lauriola (Italy) as the Chairman of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee;

Requests the intergovernmental ad hoc committee, in carrying out its work pursuant to paragraph 10 above, to take into account the report of the intergovernmental group of experts, the report of the working group on the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime,⁸ including its appendices, and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1998/18, 1998/19 and 1998/20 of 28 July 1998;

⁸Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/1998/30 and Corr.1), annex III.

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary resources to convene, support and follow up the work of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee;

Invites donor countries to cooperate with developing countries to ensure their full participation in the work of the intergovernmental ad hoc committee;

Requests the intergovernmental ad hoc committee to submit a progress report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its eighth session and to hold a meeting during that session for at least three working days.

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