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(d) Supporting and cooperating with national and international nongovernmental and other organizations and elements of civil society, as appropriate,
in matters relating to the smuggling of migrants;
(e) Reviewing and assessing the effectiveness of domestic measures against
the smuggling of migrants, and considering making that information available for
comparison and research into the development of more effective measures;
(f) Developing and disseminating public information about the smuggling of
migrants, to educate officials, the general public and potential migrants about the
true nature of such smuggling, including the involvement of organized criminal
groups and the risks posed to smuggled migrants;
(g) Strengthening capacity for international cooperation to develop and
implement measures against the smuggling of migrants.
B.
International actions
15. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other
relevant international and regional organizations, as appropriate, and in accordance
with the present resolution, develop technical cooperation projects to prevent and
combat the smuggling of migrants, while protecting the rights of smuggled
migrants, in order to assist States, upon request, in implementing such projects.
V.
Action against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms,
their parts and components and ammunition
16. In order to implement and follow up on the commitments undertaken in
paragraph 15 of the Vienna Declaration and to take such immediate and effective
measures as are appropriate to reduce the incidence of the illicit manufacturing of
and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition and related
criminal activities, in accordance with the terms of the Protocol against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and
Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, 5 the specific measures below are recommended.
A.
National actions
17. Individually and collectively, States will endeavour, as appropriate, to support
the following actions:
(a) Adopting and strengthening, as necessary, national legislation and
procedures, and in particular procedures regarding criminal offences and procedures
for the confiscation, seizure, forfeiture and disposal of firearms, their parts and
components and ammunition;
(b) Implementing requirements to keep records regarding firearms, the
marking of firearms and the deactivation of firearms;
(c) Establishing or maintaining effective systems for the licensing or
authorization of the import, export and transit of firearms, their parts and
components and ammunition;
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