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ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, 2 the United Nations
Convention against Corruption 3 and all the international conventions and protocols
against terrorism, including those recently entered into force,
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2F
Reaffirming also the commitments undertaken by Member States in the United
Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, adopted on 8 September 2006, 4
3F
Recalling its resolution 61/180 of 20 December 2006, on improving the
coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons and the coordinating role of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in this respect,
Welcoming the joint launch of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight
Human Trafficking, by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the
International Labour Office, the International Organization for Migration, the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe and the United Nations Children’s Fund, as well
as the planned Vienna Forum, to be held from 13 to 15 February 2008, which aims
to raise awareness and foster international cooperation and global partnerships to
effectively address trafficking in persons, in accordance with decision 16/1 of
27 April 2007 of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 5
4F
Taking into consideration all relevant Economic and Social Council
resolutions, in particular resolutions 2007/20, 2007/21, 2007/22, 2007/23 and
2007/24 of 26 July 2007, and all those relating to the strengthening of international
cooperation as well as the technical assistance and advisory services of the United
Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme of the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice,
promotion and reinforcement of the rule of law and reform of criminal justice
institutions, including with regard to the implementation of technical assistance, in
particular in Africa,
Emphasizing that its resolution 61/143 of 19 December 2006 on the
intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women has
considerable implications for the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice Programme and its activities,
Recalling the Bangkok Declaration on Synergies and Responses: Strategic
Alliances in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 6
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Recognizing that actions against transnational organized crime and terrorism
are a common and shared responsibility, and stressing the need to work collectively
to prevent and combat transnational organized crime, corruption and terrorism in all
its forms and manifestations,
Recognizing also the need to maintain a balance in the technical cooperation
capacity of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime between all relevant
priorities identified by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council,
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.
Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.
4
Resolution 60/288.
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 10 (E/2007/30/Rev.1),
Part One, chap. I, sect. D.
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Resolution 60/177, annex.
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