A/RES/65/230
Recalling further its resolution 64/180 of 18 December 2009, in which it
called upon the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice to formulate concrete proposals for further follow-up and action, paying
particular attention to practical arrangements relating to the effective
implementation of the international legal instruments pertaining to transnational
organized crime, terrorism and corruption and technical assistance activities relating
thereto, and requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at
its nineteenth session to give high priority to considering the conclusions and
recommendations of the Twelfth Congress, with a view to recommending, through
the Economic and Social Council, appropriate follow-up by the General Assembly at
its sixty-fifth session,
Bearing in mind the United Nations Millennium Declaration, adopted by the
Heads of State and Government at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations on
8 September 2000, 1 in which Heads of State and Government resolved, inter alia, to
strengthen respect for the rule of law in international as well as in national affairs, to
take concerted action against international terrorism and accede as soon as possible
to all the relevant international conventions, to redouble their efforts to implement
their commitment to counter the world drug problem, and to intensify their efforts to
fight transnational crime in all its dimensions, including trafficking as well as
smuggling in human beings and money-laundering,
Having considered the report of the Twelfth Congress 2 and the related
recommendations made by the Commission at its nineteenth session, 3
1.
Expresses its satisfaction with the results achieved by the Twelfth United
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Salvador,
Brazil, from 12 to 19 April 2010, including the Salvador Declaration on
Comprehensive Strategies for Global Challenges: Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice Systems and Their Development in a Changing World, adopted at the
high-level segment of the Twelfth Congress;
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Office on Drugs and
2.
Crime for the work done in the preparations for and follow-up to the Twelfth
Congress, and thanks the institutes of the United Nations crime prevention and
criminal justice programme network for their contribution to the Congress, in
particular with regard to the workshops held within the framework of the Congress;
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Twelfth Congress,2 which
3.
contains the results of the Congress, including the conclusions and recommendations
made at the workshops and at the high-level segment held during the Congress;
Endorses the Salvador Declaration adopted by the Twelfth Congress, as
4.
approved by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and
annexed to the present resolution;
Invites Governments to take into consideration the Salvador Declaration
5.
and the recommendations adopted by the Twelfth Congress when formulating
legislation and policy directives and to make all efforts, where appropriate, to
implement the principles contained therein, taking into account the economic,
social, legal and cultural specificities of their respective States;
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1
See resolution 55/2.
A/CONF.213/18.
3
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2010, Supplement No. 10 (E/2010/30).
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