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(a) The development of legislation creating or strengthening sanctions,
investigative powers, criminal procedures and other matters;
(b) Capacity-building, including for the purpose of cooperation, through the
strengthening of crime prevention and criminal justice systems, and the
establishment or expansion of agencies responsible for the prevention, detection and
control of transnational organized crime;
(c) The establishment or improvement of training programmes for judges,
prosecutors, law enforcement personnel and other individuals or agencies
responsible for the prevention, detection and control of transnational organized
crime;
(d) The development and sharing of information and analytical expertise on
methods and activities and general trends in organized crime and on the identities,
whereabouts and activities of specific individuals or groups suspected of
involvement in organized crime, to the extent consistent with national laws and
international agreements and arrangements;
(e)
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The general promotion of effective crime control strategies.
States will also endeavour, as appropriate:
(a) To support the efforts of the Centre for International Crime Prevention of
the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Secretariat to promote
ratification of the Convention and the protocols thereto through regional seminars
and provide pre- and post-ratification assistance to signatory States by providing
financial contributions, expertise and/or other forms of assistance;
(b) To increase in a sustained manner their overall level of extrabudgetary
contributions and strengthen and broaden the donor base of the Centre in order to
ensure the availability of adequate material and technical resources for projects in
support of the Convention and the protocols thereto, as well as other projects and
programmes;
(c) To strengthen international cooperation in order to create a conducive
environment for the fight against organized crime, for promoting growth and
sustainable development and eradicating poverty and unemployment.
B.
International actions
4. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other
relevant international and regional organizations, as appropriate, and in accordance
with the present resolution:
(a) Organize high-level seminars to increase awareness of the Convention and
the protocols thereto on the part of States, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations and other key groups or individuals;
(b) Assist States in the development of legislation and regulations and provide
other expertise or technical cooperation to facilitate the ratification and
implementation of the legal instruments, on request;
(c) Assist States in the establishment or intensification of bilateral and
multilateral cooperation in the areas covered by the Convention, in particular those
involving the use of modern communication technologies, on request;
(d) Carry out the regular collection and analysis of data on transnational
organized crime, in consultation with interested States;
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