A/RES/64/179 Recognizing also the need to maintain a balance in the technical cooperation capacity of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime between all relevant priorities identified by the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, Recalling that 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and mindful of the need to ensure universal adherence to and full implementation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, Welcoming the adoption by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime of a regional approach to programming, based on continued consultations and partnerships at the national and regional levels, particularly on its implementation, and focused on ensuring that the Office responds in a sustainable and coherent manner to the priorities of Member States, Taking note of the implementation of the Political Declaration on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, Terrorism and Other Serious Crime in the Caribbean, adopted in Santo Domingo on 19 February 2009, 10 as well as the outcomes of the Ministerial Conference on Illicit Drug Trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism as Challenges for Security and Development in Central America, held in Managua on 23 and 24 June 2009, 11 as an example of the new regional programme approach of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 9F 10F Recognizing the general progress made by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the delivery of advisory services and assistance to requesting Member States in the areas of corruption, organized crime, money-laundering, terrorism, kidnapping and trafficking in persons, including the support and protection, as appropriate, of victims, their families and witnesses, as well as drug trafficking and international cooperation, with special emphasis on extradition and mutual legal assistance, Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on 1. the progress made in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 63/195; 12 1F 2. Also takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons, 13 on assistance in implementing the universal conventions and protocols related to terrorism 14 and on strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity; 15 12F 13F 14F 3. Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto2 as the main tools of the international community to fight transnational organized crime; 0H 4. Also reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme in promoting effective action to strengthen international cooperation in crime prevention and criminal justice, as well as of the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the fulfilment of its _______________ 10 Available from www.unodc.org/mexico/es/cm-rd.html. Available from www.unodc.org/mexico/es/cm-managua09.html. 12 A/64/123. 13 A/64/130. 14 A/63/89. 15 A/63/99. 11 3