Crime prevention and criminal justice : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Invites Member States and the Secretary-General to ensure timely preparations for the 8th UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders; requests UNDP and the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development of the Secretariat to maintain effective support to the UN regional crime prevention institutes and, in this regard, takes note with satisfaction of the measures taken to establish an African regional institute for the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, and requests all those concerned to co-operate fully so that this project may be put into effect as soon as possible; invites Member States to contribute to the UN Trust Fund for Social Defence in order to facilitate appropriate technical co-operation and exchange of information and experience in the field of crime prevention and control.

Adopted without vote, 97th plenary meeting

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Adopted at the 97th plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1986.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 41st session, 16 September-19 December 1986. - A/41/53. - 1987. - p. 169-170. - (GAOR, 41st sess., Suppl. no. 53).