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1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the
implementation of General Assembly resolution 51/63 of 12 December 1996;1
2. Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme
and the crucial role it has to play in promoting effective action to strengthen international cooperation in
crime prevention and criminal justice, in responding to the needs of the international community in the face
of both national and transnational criminality and in assisting Member States in achieving the goals of
preventing crime within and among States and improving the response to crime;
3. Also reaffirms the priority of the Programme, in accordance with relevant resolutions, and requests
the Secretary-General to further strengthen the Programme by providing it with the resources necessary for
the full implementation of its mandate, including follow-up action to the Naples Political Declaration and
Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime, adopted by the World Ministerial Conference on
Organized Transnational Crime, held at Naples, Italy, from 21 to 23 November 1994,2 and to the Ninth
United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29
April to 8 May 1995;3
4. Reaffirms the high priority attached to technical cooperation and advisory services in the field of
crime prevention and criminal justice, and stresses the need to continue to improve the operational activities
of the Programme, in particular in developing countries and countries in transition, in order to meet the needs
of Member States, at their request, for support in crime prevention and criminal justice;
5. Calls upon States and United Nations funding agencies to make significant financial contributions
for the operational activities of the Programme, and encourages all States to make voluntary contributions
for that purpose to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Trust Fund, also taking into
account the activities required for the implementation of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action
Plan against Organized Transnational Crime;
6. Calls upon all relevant programmes, funds and organizations of the United Nations system, in
particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and other international, regional and
national funding agencies, to support technical operational activities in this field and to include such activities
in their programmes, utilizing the expertise of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Programme in such activities and cooperating closely on relevant technical assistance projects and advisory
missions;
7. Takes note with appreciation of the contributions of the Programme to United Nations peacekeeping
and special missions, as well as its contributions to the follow-up to those missions, inter alia, through
advisory services, and encourages the Secretary-General, as a way of strengthening the rule of law, to
recommend the inclusion of the re-establishment and reform of criminal justice systems in peacekeeping
operations;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary measures to assist the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice, as the principal policy-making body in this field, in performing its activities,
including cooperation and coordination with other relevant bodies, such as the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs, the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on the Status of Women;
1
A/52/295.
2
A/49/748, annex, chap.I, sect.A.
3
See A/CONF.169/16.
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