United Nations A/RES/57/171 General Assembly Distr.: General 21 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 100 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/547)] 57/171. Preparations for the Eleventh 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, Considering that, pursuant to its resolutions 415 (V) of 1 December 1950 and 46/152 of 18 December 1991, the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is to be held in 2005, Bearing in mind the guidelines for and the new format of the United Nations congresses, as stipulated in paragraph 2 of resolution 56/119, as well as paragraphs 29 and 30 of the statement of principles and programme of action of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, annexed to resolution 46/152, Recalling that, in its resolution 56/119, it requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as the preparatory body for the United Nations congresses, to formulate, at its eleventh session, recommendations regarding the Eleventh Congress, including recommendations on the main topic, the organization of round tables and workshops to be held by panels of experts and the venue and duration of the Congress, and to submit those recommendations, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, Recognizing the significant contributions of the United Nations congresses in 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, 1. Takes note of the report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its eleventh session 1 and of its discussion on the preparations for the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;2 _______________ 1 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (E/2002/30 and Corr.1). 2 Ibid., chap. VII. 02 54946