Preparations for the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

A/RES/57/171View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2003.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2003–2010

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/64/180

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	A/RES/64/180	Preparations for the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,246	28%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/193	Preparations for the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,441	26%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/151	Preparations for the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,289	31%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/138	Preparations for the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,361	31%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/171	Preparations for the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	906	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2004–2010

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2010	A/65/92	Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/180
2009	A/64/123	Implementation of the mandates of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, with particular reference to the technical cooperation activities of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/193
2005	A/60/172	Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/151
2004	A/59/123	Preparations for the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/138

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Least Developed Countries Thailand

What’s in this document?

28 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its eleventh session² and of its discussion on the preparations for the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;³

²Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/2002/30 and Corr.1).

³Ibid., chap. VII.

Decides that the main theme of the Eleventh Congress shall be “Synergies and responses: strategic alliances in crime prevention and criminal justice”;

Suggests that the following topics be included for discussion during the plenary session of the Eleventh Congress, and notes that Member States may refine these topics and propose additional topics at future intersessional meetings of the Commission for finalization at its twelfth session:

Effective measures to combat transnational organized crime;

Corruption: threats and trends in the twenty-first century;

Economic and financial crimes: challenges to sustainable development;

Making standards work: fifty years of standard-setting in crime prevention and criminal justice;

Also suggests that the following issues be considered by workshops within the framework of the Eleventh Congress, and notes that Member States may refine these issues and propose additional workshop topics at future intersessional meetings of the Commission for finalization at its twelfth session:

Measures to combat economic crime: the role of the private sector;

Cross-border law enforcement cooperation;

Human rights in criminal justice;

Restorative justice: community involvement, diversion and other alternative measures;

Links between transnational organized crime and terrorism;

Measures to combat high-technology and computer-related crime;

Measures to combat money-laundering;

Combating corruption;

Crime prevention strategies for youth at risk;

Current practices in and ways of overcoming obstacles to extradition;

Requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the organization of regional preparatory meetings for the Eleventh Congress;

Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in cooperation with the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network of Institutes, a discussion guide for the regional preparatory meetings for the Eleventh Congress for the consideration of the Commission, and invites Member States to be involved actively in that process;

Accepts with gratitude the offer of the Government of Thailand to host the Eleventh Congress, and requests the Secretary-General to initiate consultations with the Government of Thailand and to report to the Commission at its twelfth session;

Decides that the duration of the Eleventh Congress shall not exceed eight days, including pre-Congress consultations;

Invites Member States to be represented at the Eleventh Congress at the highest possible level, for example, by heads of State or Government or government ministers and attorneys general, to make statements on the theme and topics of the Congress and to participate in thematic interactive round tables;

Encourages the relevant specialized agencies, United Nations programmes and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as other professional organizations, to cooperate with the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Office on Drugs and Crime⁴ of the Secretariat in the preparations for the Eleventh Congress;

⁴Formerly known as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention.

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to provide the Centre for International Crime Prevention with the necessary resources, within the overall appropriations of the programme budget for the biennium 2002–2003, for the preparations for the Eleventh Congress and to ensure that adequate resources are provided in the programme budget for the biennium 2004–2005 to support the holding of the Congress;

Requests the Secretary-General to make available the necessary resources for the participation of the least developed countries in the regional preparatory meetings for the Eleventh Congress and at the Congress itself, in accordance with past practice;

Requests the Commission, at its twelfth session, to finalize the programme for the Eleventh Congress and to make its final recommendations, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the proper follow-up to the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly through the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its twelfth session.

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