A/RES/70/178 Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity Corruption 5 and the international conventions and protocols related to terrorism, and urges States parties to those conventions and protocols to make efforts towards their effective implementation; 5. Reaffirms that the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto represent the most important tools of the international community for fighting transnational organized crime, and notes with appreciation that the number of States parties has reached 186, which is a significant indication of the commitment shown by the international community to combating transnational organized crime; 6. Recalls article 32 of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 9 and General Assembly resolution 69/197, in which, inter alia, the need for the establishment of a mechanism to review the implementation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto by States parties was reiterated, and underlines that the review of the implementation of the Convention is an ongoing and gradual process and that it is necessary to explore all options regarding the establishment of a mechanism to assist the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in the review of the implementation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, welcomes in this regard the convening of an open-ended intergovernmental meeting with a view to analysing such options, and invites Member States to continue the dialogue in this regard; 7. Urges States parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption to continue to provide full support to the review mechanism adopted by the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and notes with appreciation that the number of States parties has reached 178, which is a significant indication of the commitment shown by the international community to combating corruption and related crimes; 8. Welcomes the progress achieved by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in the implementation of their respective mandates, and calls u pon States parties to give full effect to the resolutions adopted by those bodies, including providing information regarding compliance with the treaties; 9. Encourages Member States to strengthen the capacity of their respective criminal justice systems to investigate, prosecute and punish all forms of crime, while supporting an effective, fair, humane and accountable criminal justice system and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of defendants, as well as the legitimate interests of victims and witnesses, and to ensure access to effective legal aid in criminal justice systems; 10. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to provide technical assistance to Member States, upon request, to strengthen the rule of law, taking also into account the work undertaken by other United Nations entities, within existing mandates, and to continue to ensure coordination and coherence, including through the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group of the Secretariat; 11. Reiterates the importance of providing the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme with sufficient, stable and predictable funding for the full implementation of its mandates; 8/15