High-Level Political Signing Conference for the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

A/RES/54/129View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 107 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2000.

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6 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Organized Crime Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Transnational Crime Treaties

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Accepts with appreciation the offer of the Government of Italy to host a high-level political signing conference in Palermo for the purpose of signing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Convention) and the protocols thereto;

Decides to convene the High-level Political Signing Conference in Palermo;

Requests the Secretary-General to schedule the Conference for a period of up to one week before the end of the Millennium Assembly in 2000, with the Conference to be organized in accordance with resolution 40/243;

Requests the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Secretariat to work with the Government of Italy, in consultation with Member States, to propose the agenda for and the organization of the Conference, including opportunities for high-level delegates to discuss matters related to the Convention and the protocols thereto, in particular the follow-up activities, for their effective implementation and future work;

Invites all States to be represented at the High-level Political Signing Conference at the highest possible levels of government.

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