A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/49/159 24 February 1995 Forty-ninth session Agenda item 96 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/606)] 49/159. Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized Transnational Crime The General Assembly, Alarmed by the rapid growth and geographical extension of organized crime in its various forms, both nationally and internationally, undermining the development process, impairing the quality of life and threatening human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recognizing that the growing threat of organized crime, with its highly destabilizing and corrupting influence on fundamental social, economic and political institutions, represents a challenge demanding increased and more effective international cooperation, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 44/71 of 8 December 1989, 45/121 and 45/123 of 14 December 1990, 47/87 of 16 December 1992 and 48/103 of 20 December 1993 and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1992/22 and 1992/23 of 30 July 1992 and 1993/29 and 1993/30 of 27 July 1993, and taking note of Council resolutions 1994/12 and 1994/13 of 25 July 1994, Recalling in particular its resolution 46/152, in which it approved the statement of principles and programme of action on the creation of an effective United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, contained in the annex to that resolution, Acknowledging with appreciation the work of the World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime, held at Naples, Italy, from 21 to 23 November 1994, Acknowledging with appreciation also the work of the International Conference on Preventing and Controlling Money Laundering and the Use of the Proceeds of Crime: A Global Approach, held at Courmayeur, Italy, from 18 to 20 June 1994, organized by the International Scientific and Professional 95-76951 /...