United Nations A/RES/59/152 General Assembly Distr.: General 1 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 96 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/494)] 59/152. Assistance to least developed countries to ensure their participation in the sessions of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the sessions of conferences of States parties The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000, by which it adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, and in particular paragraph 15 of the Millennium Declaration, in which the Heads of State and Government undertook to address the special needs of the least developed countries, Recalling also its resolution 58/228 of 23 December 2003, in particular paragraph 9 thereof, in which it requested the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures, within existing resources and with the full participation of the regional commissions and relevant United Nations bodies, to support the participation of the least developed countries in international meetings, as well as in their preparation and consultation processes, Stressing the need for the effective and timely ratification of the United Nations conventions and protocols relating to transnational organized crime, corruption and terrorism and their subsequent implementation, Recognizing the critical significance of those instruments, which provide a legal framework for strengthening international cooperation, based on mutual commitments by the least developed countries and their development partners to undertake specific action to ensure the full implementation of the provisions of the instruments, Welcoming the contributions already made by multilateral and bilateral donors to ensure the participation of representatives of least developed countries in the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, 1 as well as the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2 _______________ 1 2 04-48538 Resolution 55/25, annexes I–III, and resolution 55/255, annex. Resolution 58/4, annex.