A/RES/64/179 priority accorded to it and in accordance with the increasing demand for its services, in particular with regard to the provision of increased assistance to developing countries, countries with economies in transition and those emerging from conflict, in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice reform; 29. Welcomes resolution 18/3 of 24 April 2009 entitled “Improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime”, adopted by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its eighteenth session, held in Vienna from 16 to 24 April 2009, 18 by which the Commission adopted the recommendations of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and established a standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on governance and finance, whose mandate shall be in effect until the session of the Commission to be held in the first half of 2011; 17F 30. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to provide the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme with sufficient resources for the full implementation of its mandates, in conformity with its high priorities, and to provide adequate support to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; 31. Recommends to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, within the framework of the tenth anniversary of the Convention, to organize a high-level segment during the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to discuss new and emerging forms of crime and ways and means of enhancing the implementation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto; 32. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the implementation of the mandates of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, reflecting also emerging policy issues and possible responses; 33. Also requests the Secretary-General to include in the report referred to in paragraph 32 above information on the status of ratifications or accessions to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto. 65th plenary meeting 18 December 2009 _______________ 18 Ibid., 2009, Supplement No. 10 (E/2009/30), chap. I, sect. D. 7