A/RES/53/111 Page 2 Convinced of the importance of continuous action by Member States aimed at the full implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime, adopted by the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime, held at Naples, Italy, from 21 to 23 November 1994,4 Convinced also of the need to proceed expeditiously with the elaboration of a convention against transnational organized crime, Mindful of the fact that, pursuant to Economic and Social Council decision 1997/232 of 21 July 1997, the theme for the seventh session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was “Organized transnational crime”, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime: question of the elaboration of an international convention against organized transnational crime, and other possible international instruments;5 2. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Poland for acting as host to the meeting of the inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental group of experts, established pursuant to resolution 52/85, on the elaboration of a preliminary draft of a possible comprehensive international convention against organized transnational crime, held at Warsaw from 2 to 6 February 1998; 3. Welcomes with appreciation the report of the meeting of the intergovernmental group of experts;6 4. Urges Member States to continue to make every possible effort to implement fully the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan by taking the most appropriate legislative, regulatory and administrative measures, including those aimed at prevention; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his work on the development and maintenance of the central repository established pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/27 of 24 July 1996; 6. Urges Member States to respond promptly to the requests of the Secretary-General for data, and other information and material, including legislation and pertinent regulatory texts, by submitting such information and material in accordance with the methodological points and categorization of data set forth in annex II to Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/22 of 21 July 1997, in order to facilitate the work of the Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Secretariat; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his work on the elaboration of training manuals for law enforcement and judicial personnel on action against transnational organized crime; 8. Also requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts to identify and allocate, within the overall budget of the United Nations, adequate resources for strengthening the capacity of the Centre for 4 A/49/748, annex, chap. I, sect. A. 5 E/CN.15/1998/6. 6 E/CN.15/1998/5. /...