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programmes in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, for the purpose of
implementing and following up on the commitments undertaken in the Vienna
Declaration;
5. Invites the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with relevant intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, to consider
carefully and implement, as appropriate, the plans of action as a guide in developing
policies and programmes in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, in
accordance with the medium-term plans and the programme budgets, and subject to
available resources;
6. Invites the Secretariat to discuss with the institutes of the United Nations
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network their possible
contribution to the implementation of the plans of action, under the coordination of
the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;
7. Invites Member States and regional and international institutions,
including financial institutions, to strengthen the Programme further through
sustained funding and other technical support activities in order to assist interested
States in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, as appropriate;
8. Invites the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to
follow up the implementation of the plans of action and to make any recommendations as appropriate.
93rd plenary meeting
31 January 2002
Annex
Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration
on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first
Century
I.
Action against transnational organized crime
1. In order to implement and follow up on the commitments undertaken in
paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 10 of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting
the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century1 and to facilitate the signature,
ratification, entry into force and progressive implementation of the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto, 2 the
specific measures below are recommended.
A.
National actions
2. States that have not signed the Convention and the protocols thereto should do
so as soon as possible, and States that have signed those legal instruments should
make every effort to ratify them as soon as possible. Each State will set priorities for
the effective implementation of the Convention and the protocols thereto and will
proceed as appropriate and as expeditiously as possible until all provisions of all of
those legal instruments are in full force and operation. Individually and collectively,
States will endeavour, as appropriate, to support the following actions:
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Resolution 55/25, annexes I to III.