A/RES/73/185 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 January 2019 Seventy-third session Agenda item 109 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2018 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/590)] 73/185. The rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals The General Assembly, Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, which are the indispensable foundation of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world, and reiterating its determination to foster strict respect for them and to establish a just and lasting peace all over the world, Taking note of the relevant provisions of the declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels, 1 including that human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked and mutually reinforcing and that they belong to the universal and indivisible core values and principles of the United Nations, Mindful of its resolution 72/119 of 7 December 2017, entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels”, as well as all its previous resolutions on that topic, Mindful also of its resolution 72/196 of 19 December 2017, entitled “Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity”, as well as all its previous resolutions on that topic, Mindful further of Economic and Social Council resolutions 2004/25 of 21 July 2004, 2005/21 of 22 July 2005 and 2006/25 of 27 July 2006 on strengthening the rule of law and the reform of criminal justice institutions, as well as the technical assistance activities of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme in that area, including in post-conflict reconstruction, __________________ 1 18-22281 (E) Resolution 67/1. 090119 *1822281*

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