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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
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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Ibid., annex II; see also S/2004/276, annex.
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