A/RES/49/159 Page 2 Advisory Council of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme and the Government of Italy, under the auspices of the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch of the Secretariat, Noting regional initiatives in this field, such as the Conference on Drugs and Organized Crime, between the countries of the European Union and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as reflected in the Berlin Declaration of 8 September 1994, the fifteenth summit of Central American Presidents, held at Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica, from 18 to 20 August 1994, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, as well as the Declaration of the sixteenth plenary session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States, held at Santiago in October 1994, Recognizing that organized transnational crime is a major concern of all countries and that it calls for a concerted response from the international community, Emphasizing the need for strengthened and improved international cooperation at all levels and for more effective technical cooperation to assist States in their fight against organized transnational crime, 1. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Italy for acting as host to the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime; 2. Takes note with appreciation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Conference; 1/ 3. Approves the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime, 2/ and urges States to implement them as a matter of urgency; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for appropriate action, while recommending a higher level of priority for the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme within the framework of the United Nations; 5. Urges all entities of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions and the specialized agencies, and the relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to extend to the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme their full support in the fulfilment of its tasks; 6. Invites Governments to contribute to the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund in order to enable the programme to respond to the most urgent needs of States in the field of the prevention and control of organized transnational crime; 7. Resolves to take decisions at its fiftieth session on the allocation of adequate resources to the Untied Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme on the basis of proposals for the modification of the programme to be submitted by the Secretary-General, taking into account the responsibilities entrusted to the Untied Nations pursuant to the Naples 1/ See A/49/748. 2/ Ibid., sect. I.A. /...