United Nations A/RES/58/138 General Assembly Distr.: General 4 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 108 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/499)] 58/138. Preparations for the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 56/119 of 19 December 2001 on the role, function, periodicity and duration of the United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, and its resolution 57/171 of 18 December 2002 on preparations for the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Considering that, pursuant to its resolutions 415 (V) of 1 December 1950 and 46/152 of 18 December 1991, the Eleventh Congress is to be held in 2005, Bearing in mind the guidelines for and the new format of the United Nations congresses, as stipulated in paragraph 2 of resolution 56/119, as well as paragraphs 29 and 30 of the statement of principles and programme of action of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, annexed to resolution 46/152, Recognizing the significant contributions of the United Nations congresses in promoting the exchange of experience in research, law and policy development and the identification of emerging trends and issues in crime prevention and criminal justice among States, intergovernmental organizations and individual experts representing various professions and disciplines, Recalling that, in its resolution 57/171, it requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, at its twelfth session, to finalize the programme for the Eleventh Congress and to make its final recommendations, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly, Recalling also that, in its resolution 57/171, it decided that the main theme of the Eleventh Congress should be “Synergies and responses: strategic alliances in crime prevention and criminal justice”, 03 50286