United Nations
A/RES/71/206
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 January 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 106
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/485)]
71/206. Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations
for the Fourteenth 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, in which it stipulated the guidelines in
accordance with which, beginning in 2005, the congresses, pursuant to
paragraphs 29 and 30 of the statement of principles and programme of action of the
United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, 1 should be held,
Emphasizing the responsibility assumed by the United Nations in the field of
crime prevention and criminal justice in pursuance of Economic and Social Council
resolution 155 C (VII) of 13 August 1948 and General Assembly resolution 415 (V)
of 1 December 1950,
Acknowledging that the United Nations congresses on crime prevention and
criminal justice, as major intergovernmental forums, have influenced national
policies and practices and promoted international cooperation in that field by
facilitating the exchange of views and experience, mobilizing public opinion and
recommending policy options at the national, regional and international levels,
Recalling its resolution 46/152 of 18 December 1991, in the annex to which
Member States affirmed that the United Nations congresses on crime prevention and
criminal justice should be held every five years and should provide a forum for,
inter alia, the exchange of views between States, intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations and individual experts representing various
professions and disciplines, the exchange of experiences in research, law and policy
development, and the identification of emerging trends and issues in crim e
prevention and criminal justice,
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Resolution 46/152, annex.
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