United Nations
A/RES/56/120
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 January 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 110
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/574)]
56/120. Action against transnational organized crime:
assistance to States in capacity-building with a view to
facilitating the implementation of the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and
the Protocols thereto
The General Assembly,
Deeply concerned at the impact of transnational organized crime on the
political, social and economic stability and development of societies,
Bearing in mind that the fight against transnational organized crime is a
common and shared responsibility of the international community, necessitating
cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral levels,
Reaffirming its support and commitment to the goals of the United Nations in
the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, in particular, the objectives set
forth in the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the
Twenty-first Century, 1
Recalling its resolution 55/25 of 15 November 2000, in which it adopted the
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the
Protocols thereto and urged all States and regional economic organizations to sign
and ratify those international legal instruments,
Noting with appreciation the initiative of those States which have pledged
financial contributions to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Fund in order to enable developing countries and countries with economies in
transition to initiate measures to implement the Convention and the Protocols
thereto,
1.
Welcomes the signing of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto;
2.
Expresses its appreciation for the offers of a number of Governments to
host regional conferences at the ministerial level and for the financial contributions
of a number of States for the purpose of holding pre-ratification seminars on
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Resolution 55/59, annex.