Strengthening of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in Particular Its Technical Cooperation Capacity

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 105 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2001–2003

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/57/173

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2003	A/RES/57/173	Strengthening of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity	1,924	57%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/123	Strengthening of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity	1,505	62%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/64	Strengthening of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity	1,296	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/222	Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/173
2003	A/58/165	Promoting the ratification of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/173

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Advisory Services Coordination Within UN System Corruption Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Development Assistance Gender Mainstreaming Illicit Traffic Operational Activities Organized Crime Resources Mobilization Technical Cooperation Transnational Crime Treaties

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 54/131 of 17 December 1999;⁶

⁶A/55/119.

Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme in promoting effective action to strengthen international cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice, in responding to the needs of the international community in the face of both national and transnational criminality and in assisting Member States in achieving the goals of preventing crime within and among States and improving the response to crime;

Also reaffirms the role of the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention in providing to Member States, upon request, technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the area of prevention and control of organized crime;

Notes the programme of work of the Centre, including the three global programmes addressing, respectively, trafficking in human beings, corruption and organized crime, formulated on the basis of close consultations with Member States and review by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and calls upon the Secretary-General further to strengthen the Centre by providing it with the resources necessary for the full implementation of its mandate;

Supports the high priority given to technical cooperation and advisory services in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, including in the area of prevention and control of transnational organized crime, and stresses the need to enhance the operational activities of the Centre to assist, in particular, developing countries and countries with economies in transition;

Welcomes the increased number of technical assistance projects in the field of juvenile justice, reflecting an increased awareness among Member States of the importance of juvenile justice reform in establishing and maintaining stable societies and the rule of law;

Invites all States to support, through voluntary contributions to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund, the operational activities of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme;

Encourages relevant programmes, funds and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, international financial institutions, in particular the World Bank, and regional and national funding agencies to support the technical operational activities of the Centre;

Urges States and funding agencies to review, as appropriate, their funding policies for development assistance and to include a crime prevention and criminal justice component in such assistance;

Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to exercise more vigorously its mandated function of resource mobilization, and calls upon the Commission to strengthen further its activities in this direction;

Expresses its appreciation to non-governmental organizations and other relevant sectors of civil society for their support to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme;

Welcomes the efforts of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention to enhance the synergies between the United Nations International Drug Control Programme and the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, in conformity with the reform proposals of the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to assist the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as the principal policy-making body in this field, in performing its activities, including cooperation and coordination with other relevant bodies, such as the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Commission on Human Rights, the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission for Social Development;

Invites States to make adequate voluntary contributions to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund in order to strengthen the capacity of the Centre to provide technical assistance to requesting States for the implementation of the commitments entered into at the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and, in particular, to implement programmes designed to combat and prevent the trafficking in human beings, the smuggling of migrants and corruption, and to study and bring about action to combat and prevent transnational organized crime;

Encourages States to begin making adequate and regular voluntary contributions for the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime1 and the protocols thereto,3,4 which will be open for signature in Palermo, Italy, on 12 December 2000, through the United Nations funding mechanism specifically designed for that purpose in the Convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures and provide adequate support to the Centre during the biennium 2002–2003 so as to enable it to promote the speedy entry into force of the Convention and the protocols thereto;

Welcomes the decision of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to mainstream a gender perspective into its activities and its request to the Secretariat that a gender perspective be integrated into all activities of the Centre;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session.

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