Follow-Up to the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 106 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 2008–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/225

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/225	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,514	39%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/186	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	2,032	51%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/223	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	2,045	39%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/231	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,092	24%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/171	Follow-up to the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice	1,643	28%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

12 reports · 2009–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/139	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/225
2025	A/80/223	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/186
2024	A/79/134	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/223
2023	A/78/159	Follow-up to the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/231
2021	A/76/119	Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/171

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Conferences Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Declarations Inter-Agency Cooperation Intergovernmental Organizations Least Developed Countries Non-Governmental Organizations Reporting Procedures

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Lessons Learned from United Nations Congresses on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its meeting held in Bangkok from 15 to 18 August 2006,² and endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts;³

²E/CN.15/2007/6.

³Ibid., chap. IV, paras. 35–47.

Reiterates its invitation to Member States to implement the Bangkok Declaration on Synergies and Responses: Strategic Alliances in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice⁴ and the recommendations adopted by the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice⁵ in formulating legislation and policy directives, where appropriate;

⁴Resolution 60/177, annex.

⁵See Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, 18–25 April 2005:report prepared by the Secretariat (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.IV.7).

Encourages Member States to consider utilizing the reporting checklist developed by the Government of Thailand on implementation of the Bangkok Declaration on Synergies and Responses, as a useful self-assessment tool in their reporting on the follow-up to the Eleventh Congress;

Requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the organization of regional preparatory meetings, including meetings of the least developed countries, for the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;

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

Accepts with gratitude the offer of the Government of Brazil to act as host to the Twelfth Congress, and requests the Secretary-General to initiate consultations with the Government and to report on them to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its seventeenth session;

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

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

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

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to provide the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime with the necessary resources, from within the overall appropriations of the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009, for the preparations for the Twelfth Congress and to ensure that adequate resources are provided in the programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011 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 Twelfth Congress and in the Congress itself, in accordance with past practice;

Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, at its seventeenth session, to finalize the programme for the Twelfth Congress and to make its final recommendations on the theme and on the organization of round tables and workshops to be held by panels of experts, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure 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 seventeenth session.

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