Reaffirms the high priority attached to technical cooperation and advisory services as a means for the UN crime prevention and criminal justice programme; stresses the importance of continuing to improve the operational activities of the UN crime prevention and criminal justice programme, particularly in developing countries and countries in transition; requests the Secretary-General to facilitate joint initiatives and the joint formulation and implementation of technical assistance projects, involving interested donor countries, funding agencies and other relevant entities, and to organize meetings of interested donor and recipient countries; requests the Secretary-General to provide, within the regular budget, appropriate resources for the UN crime prevention and criminal justice programme to provide better planning support and backstopping for the interregional advisory services.

Adopted without vote, 49th meeting

Adopted at the 49th plenary meeting, 24 July 1995.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council: organizational session for 1995, New York, 1 and 7-10 February 1995; resumed organizational session for 1995, New York, 4 and 5 May, 1 and 6 June 1995; substantive session of 1995, Geneva, 26 June-28 July 1995; resumed substantive session of 1995, New York, 25 October, 2 November and 12 December 1995 - E/1995/95 - p. 27-28 - (ESCOR, 1995, Suppl. no. 1).