A/RES/59/153 Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), in particular for the promotion of the ratification of, accession to and implementation of the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism; Also commends the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for its efforts 2. to reinforce close cooperation with international, regional and subregional organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization of American States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the World Bank, and the Counter-Terrorism Committee in preventing and combating terrorism, an example of which was the meeting held in follow-up to the Counter-Terrorism Committee special meeting of 6 March 2003, with participants from international, regional and subregional organizations, organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in close cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Vienna on 11 and 12 March 2004, which resulted in the Vienna Declaration of 12 March 2004; 4 3. Welcomes the regional and subregional workshops held in Antalya, Turkey, and in Bamako, Khartoum, London, San José and Vilnius to familiarize national experts and criminal justice officials with the requirements of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and the requirements for becoming parties to and implementing the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism and international cooperation agreements, and encourages the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in coordination with the Counter-Terrorism Committee and subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to ensure proper follow-up to those workshops, in cases where such follow-up is indicated by the participating States; Calls upon Member States that have not yet done so to become parties to 4. and to implement the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism as soon as possible and, where appropriate, to request assistance to that end from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in coordination with the Counter-Terrorism Committee; Invites Member States that are not yet parties to those instruments to 5. make use of the Legislative Guide to the Universal Anti-Terrorism Conventions and Protocols2 in their efforts to incorporate the provisions of those instruments in their national legislation, and requests the Secretariat, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to develop the Legislative Guide further as a tool for the provision of technical assistance aimed at the implementation of the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism; Requests the Secretariat to submit the guidelines for technical assistance 6. that were formulated and reviewed during the expert group meeting held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 24 to 27 February 20043 to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for discussion, with a view to consideration of the guidelines by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its subsequent session; Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to 7. work with international organizations, in particular specialized agencies and other relevant United Nations entities that undertake work that is complementary to that of the Office, in order to enhance synergies; _______________ 4 Ibid., annex II; see also S/2004/276, annex. 3

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