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(e) Considering voluntary contributions to support the implementation of the
terrorism-prevention activities of the Centre for International Crime Prevention.
B.
International actions
24. The Centre for International Crime Prevention will, in cooperation with other
relevant international and regional organizations, in coordination with the Office of
Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, as appropriate, and in accordance with the present
resolution:
(a) Take steps to raise awareness of the relevant international instruments,
encourage States to sign and ratify such instruments and, where feasible, provide
assistance in implementing such instruments to States, upon request;
(b) In cooperation with Member States, take measures to raise public
awareness of the nature and scope of international terrorism and its relationship to
crime, including organized crime, where appropriate;
(c)
Continue to maintain existing databases on terrorism;
(d) Offer analytical support to Member States by collecting and disseminating
information on the relationship between terrorism and related criminal activities;
(e) If further developments so require, draw up concrete proposals for
consideration by Member States to strengthen the capacity of the Centre to develop,
within its mandate, and administer the terrorism prevention component of its
activities.
VIII. Action on crime prevention
25. In order to implement and follow up on the commitment undertaken in
paragraph 25 of the Vienna Declaration to develop comprehensive international,
regional, national and local crime prevention strategies, the specific measures below
are recommended.
A.
National actions
26. Individually and collectively, States will endeavour, as appropriate, to support
the following actions:
(a) Promotion of close cooperation between the various sectors of society,
including justice, health, education, social services and housing, which are
necessary to support effective community-based crime prevention;
(b) Close cooperation with and assistance to elements of civil society in the
development, adoption and promotion of crime prevention initiatives, taking into
account the importance of proceeding on the basis of proven practices wherever
possible and of selecting the appropriate balance between various approaches to
community-based crime prevention;
(c) Encouragement of assessment of the effectiveness of crime prevention
programmes;
(d) Development of practices that seek to prevent crime victims from being
victimized once again;
(e) Development and implementation of situational and other crime
prevention programmes, bearing in mind the need to avoid any infringement of civil
liberties;
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