A/RES/59/159 Recognizing existing efforts at the regional level that complement the work of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme in combating corruption, the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and noting in this context the ongoing work of the Bali and Puebla Processes, 4 Looking forward to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to be held in Bangkok in 2005, which will provide an important opportunity to exchange views and experiences and to identify emerging trends and issues in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, Welcoming the entry into force in 2003 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 5 and in 2004 of the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 6 Welcoming also the opening for signature, at the High-level Political Conference, held in Merida, Mexico, from 9 to 11 December 2003, of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 7 Bearing in mind all its relevant resolutions, in particular those related to the urgent need to strengthen international cooperation and technical assistance in promoting and facilitating the ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto 8 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, as well as the universal instruments against terrorism, Bearing in mind also all Economic and Social Council resolutions on strengthening international cooperation, technical assistance and advisory services in crime prevention and criminal justice, as well as on strengthening the rule of law and the reform of criminal justice institutions, including in post-conflict reconstruction, the technical cooperation capacity of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and on the implementation of technical assistance in Africa by the Office, Acknowledging the role of United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice and their development, as reflected in Economic and Social Council resolution 2004/28 of 21 July 2004, Recalling its relevant resolutions in which it requested the Secretary-General, as a matter of urgency, to provide the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme with sufficient resources for the full implementation of its mandate, in conformity with the high priority attached to the Programme, _______________ 4 Most recently the ninth meeting of the Regional Conference on Migration, held in Panama City on 20 and 21 May 2004 as part of the Puebla Process, and the Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime, held in Brisbane, Australia, on 7 and 8 June 2004 as part of the Bali Process. 5 Resolution 55/25, annex II. 6 Ibid., annex III. 7 Resolution 58/4, annex. 8 Resolution 55/25, annexes I–III, and resolution 55/255, annex. 2