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Invites Governments to implement the Bangkok Declaration and the
recommendations adopted by the Eleventh Congress in formulating legislation and
policy directives, taking into account the economic, social, legal and cultural
specificities of their respective States;
Reaffirms the readiness of Member States, in a spirit of common and
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shared responsibility, as acknowledged in the Bangkok Declaration, to seek to
improve international cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism, at the
multilateral, regional and bilateral levels, in areas including, among others,
extradition and mutual legal assistance;
Invites Member States to identify areas covered in the Bangkok
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Declaration in which further tools and training manuals based on international
standards and best practices are needed, and to submit that information to the
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice so that it may take it into
account when considering potential areas of future activity by the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime;
Requests the Secretary-General to distribute the report of the Eleventh
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Congress,1 including the Bangkok Declaration, to Member States, intergovernmental
organizations and non-governmental organizations, so as to ensure that its
recommendations are disseminated as widely as possible, and to seek proposals by
Member States for ways and means of ensuring appropriate follow-up to the
Bangkok Declaration for consideration and action by the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice at its fifteenth session;
Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at
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its sixty-first session a report on strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention
and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity,
including a chapter on the Bangkok Declaration, the recommendations adopted by
the Eleventh Congress and the implementation of the present resolution.
64th plenary meeting
16 December 2005
Annex
Bangkok Declaration on Synergies and Responses: Strategic
Alliances in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
We, the States Members of the United Nations,
Having assembled at the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Bangkok from 18 to 25 April 2005, to
decide to take more effective concerted action, in a spirit of cooperation, to combat
crime and seek justice,
Convinced that the United Nations congresses on crime prevention and
criminal justice, which constitute a major intergovernmental forum, have
contributed to national policies and practices by facilitating the exchange of views
and experience, mobilizing public opinion and recommending policy options at the
national, regional and international levels, thus making a significant contribution to
progress and the promotion of international cooperation in crime prevention and
criminal justice,
Recalling the work of the ten previous United Nations congresses,
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