United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

A/RES/63/196View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

28 versions · 1992–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/242

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/242	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	2,345	85%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/234	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	2,171	87%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/197	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	1,909	92%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/188	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	1,907	77%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/207	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders	1,748	92%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

21 reports · 2001–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/289	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/242
2024	A/79/247	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/234
2022	A/77/164	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/197
2020	A/75/111	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/188
2018	A/73/133	United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/207

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Africa Capacity Building Coordination Within UN System Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Financial Resources International Obligations Non-Governmental Organizations Professional Staff Regional Cooperation Resources Mobilization Technical Cooperation Transnational Crime

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Commends the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders for its efforts to promote and coordinate regional technical cooperation activities related to crime prevention and criminal justice systems in Africa;

Also commends the initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in strengthening its working relationship with the Institute by supporting and involving the Institute in the implementation of a number of activities, including those contained in the Programme of Action, 2006–2010, on strengthening the rule of law and criminal justice systems in Africa;Error: Reference source not found

Further commends the Secretary-General for his efforts to mobilize the financial resources necessary to provide the Institute with the core professional staff required to enable it to function effectively in the fulfilment of its mandated obligations;

Reiterates the need to strengthen further the capacity of the Institute to support national mechanisms for crime prevention and criminal justice in African countries;

Notes the efforts of the Institute to establish contacts with organizations in those countries which are promoting crime prevention programmes and its maintenance of close links with regional and subregional political entities, such as the African Union Commission, the East African Community, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the Southern African Development Community;

Urges the States members of the Institute to continue to make every possible effort to meet their obligations to the Institute;

Welcomes the decision of the Governing Board of the Institute, at its tenth annual meeting, held in Khartoum on 19 and 20 May 2008, to convene a conference of African ministers to discuss measures for improving the flow of resources to the Institute;

Urges all Member States and non-governmental organizations and the international community to continue adopting concrete practical measures to support the Institute in the development of the requisite capacity and to implement its programmes and activities aimed at strengthening crime prevention and criminal justice systems in Africa;

Urges all States that have not already done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto,⁴ as well as the United Nations Convention against Corruption;⁵

⁴United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.

⁵Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.

Requests the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to mobilize all relevant entities of the United Nations system to provide the necessary financial and technical support to the Institute to enable it to fulfil its mandate;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to mobilize the financial resources necessary to maintain the Institute with the core professional staff required to enable it to function effectively in the fulfilment of its mandated obligations;

Calls upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to work closely with the Institute;

Requests the Secretary-General to enhance the promotion of regional cooperation, coordination and collaboration in the fight against crime, especially in its transnational dimension, which cannot be dealt with adequately by national action alone;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue making concrete proposals, including for the provision of additional core professional staff, to strengthen the programmes and activities of the Institute and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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