Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity A/RES/72/196 Concerned at the growing trend of cybercrime and the misuse of information and telecommunications technologies in multiple forms of crime, Welcoming, in this respect, resolution 26/4 of 26 May 2017 of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime, 13 13 in which the open-ended intergovernmental Expert Group to Conduct a Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime is requested to continue its work and exchange of information on national legislation, best practices, technical assistance and international cooperation with a view to examining options to strengthen existing responses and propose new national and international legal or other responses to cybercrime, and is encouraged to develop possible conclusions and recommendations for submission to the Commission, Concerned at the serious challenges and threats posed by trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, and about its links with other forms of transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking, as well as terrorism, Noting international efforts to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in conventional arms, in particular in small arms and light weapons, as demonstrated by the adoption in 2001 of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 22 the entry into force in 2005 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, 23 and the entry into force in 2014 of the Arms Trade Treaty, 24 Reaffirming its resolution 71/211 of 19 December 2016 on international cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem, and reaffirming also the outcome document, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem,” adopted at the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters from 19 to 21 April 2016, 25 and the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, 26 and the Joint Ministerial Statement of the 2014 high-level review by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the implementation by Member States of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action, 27 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General prepared pursuant to resolutions 64/293, 69/199 of 18 December 2014 and 71/209; 28 2. Reaffirms its resolution 70/1, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which, inter alia, includes the commitment to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels; 3. Calls upon all Member States, when appropriate, to take into consideration the Doha Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to __________________ Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, New York, 9–20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24. 23 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2326, No. 39574. 24 See resolution 67/234 B. 25 Resolution S-30/1, annex. 26 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2009, Supplement No. 8 (E/2009/28), chap. I, sect. C. 27 Ibid, 2014, Supplement No. 8 (E/2014/28), chap. I, sect. C. 28 A/72/125. 22 17-23196 9/18