A/RES/57/170 1. Invites Governments and relevant intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to consider carefully and to use, as appropriate, the plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century, which are contained in the annex to resolution 56/261, as guidance for the formulation of legislation, policies and programmes in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice at the national and international levels; 2. Requests the Secretariat to report to the Commission on Prevention and Criminal Justice at its twelfth session on the outcome discussion with the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Programme Network of Institutes regarding their possible contribution implementation of the plans of action, pursuant to resolution 56/261; Crime of its Justice to the 3. Requests the Executive Director of the Office on Drugs and Crime 2 of the Secretariat to keep the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice informed of the progress made in the follow-up to the plans of action in his reports on the work of the Centre for International Crime Prevention; 4. Invites the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, while formulating recommendations regarding the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice pursuant to General Assembly resolution 56/119 of 19 December 2001, to take into account the progress made in the followup to the Vienna Declaration and the plans of action, as well as new developments that have taken place in the meantime in the areas covered by the Vienna Declaration. 77th plenary meeting 18 December 2002 _______________ 2 2 Formerly known as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention.