United Nations
A/RES/69/193
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 January 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 105
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/489)]
69/193. International cooperation in criminal matters
The General Assembly,
Recalling the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, 1 the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto 2 and the United
Nations Convention against Corruption, 3 as well as the international counterterrorism conventions and protocols,
Conscious of the need to respect human dignity and to give effect to the rights
conferred upon every person involved in criminal proceedings, in accordance with
applicable international human rights instruments,
Concerned that transnational organized crime has diversified globally and
represents a threat to health and safety and to the sustainable development of
Member States,
Convinced that transnational organized crime, including in its new and
emerging forms, creates significant challenges for Member States and that effective
responses depend on strengthened international cooperation in criminal matters,
Emphasizing the importance of strengthened and collaborative efforts by all
Member States to ensure the creation and promotion of strategies and mechanisms
in all areas of international cooperation, especially in extradition, mutual legal
assistance, transfer of sentenced persons and the confiscation of proceeds of crime,
Convinced that the establishment of bilateral and multilateral arrangements for
mutual assistance in criminal matters can contribute to the development of more
effective international cooperation to combat transnational crime,
Bearing in mind that the United Nations standards and norms in crime
prevention and criminal justice provide important tools for the development of
international cooperation,
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1582, No. 27627.
Ibid., vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.
3
Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.
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