A/RES/67/184
United Nations
Distr.: General
12 March 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 103
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/458)]
67/184. Follow-up to the Twelfth United Nations Congress on
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations
for the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 56/119 of 19 December 2001 on the role, function,
periodicity and duration of the United Nations congresses on the prevention of
crime and the treatment of offenders, in which it stipulated the guidelines in
accordance with which, beginning in 2005, the congresses, pursuant to
paragraphs 29 and 30 of the statement of principles and programme of action of the
United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, 1 should be held,
Emphasizing the responsibility assumed by the United Nations in the field of
crime prevention and criminal justice in pursuance of Economic and Social Council
resolution 155 C (VII) of 13 August 1948 and General Assembly resolution 415 (V)
of 1 December 1950,
Acknowledging that the United Nations congresses on crime prevention and
criminal justice, as major intergovernmental forums, have influenced national
policies and practices and promoted international cooperation in that field by
facilitating the exchange of views and experience, mobilizing public opinion and
recommending policy options at the national, regional and international levels,
Bearing in mind the consultative nature of the United Nations congresses on
crime prevention and criminal justice, and their role as a forum for promoting the
exchange of experience in research, law and policy development and the
identification of emerging trends and issues in crime prevention and criminal justice
among States, intergovernmental organizations and individual experts representing
various professions and disciplines,
Recalling its resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003 on the integrated and
coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United
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