International Cooperation in the Prevention, Combating and Elimination of Kidnapping and in Providing Assistance to Victims

A/RES/61/179View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2005–2007

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2007	A/RES/61/179	International cooperation in the prevention, combating and elimination of kidnapping and in providing assistance to victims	560	42%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/154	International cooperation in the prevention, combating and elimination of kidnapping and in providing assistance to victims	780	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Abduction Confiscations Crime Prevention Crime Victims Crimes Against the Person Criminal Assets Extrabudgetary Financing Extradition Frozen Assets Groups of Experts Information Exchange Judicial Assistance Laundering of Funds Law Enforcement Officials Manuals Publications Reporting Procedures Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Vigorously condemns and rejects once again the offence of kidnapping, under any circumstances and for any purpose;

Notes with satisfaction the publication of the operational manual against kidnapping prepared pursuant to its resolution 59/154, and expresses its appreciation to the intergovernmental group of experts entrusted with the preparation of the manual;

Encourages Member States to continue to foster international cooperation, especially extradition, mutual legal assistance, collaboration between law enforcement authorities and exchange of information, with a view to preventing, combating and eradicating kidnapping;

Calls upon Member States that have not yet done so, in furtherance of the fight against kidnapping, to strengthen their measures against money-laundering and to engage in international cooperation and mutual legal assistance in, inter alia, the tracing, detection, freezing and confiscation of proceeds of kidnapping;

Calls upon Member States to take measures intended to provide adequate assistance and protection to victims of kidnapping and their families;

Invites Member States, once they have considered the operational manual, to consider the possibility of using it in their national efforts to combat kidnapping, and requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, within available extrabudgetary resources, not excluding the use of existing resources from the regular budget of the Office,³ to provide to Member States, upon request, technical assistance and advice in implementing the provisions of the manual;

³This language does not provide a basis for an increase in the regular budget or requests for supplemental increases.

Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its sixteenth session on the implementation of the present resolution, and thereafter, to share its report with the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

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