Preparations for the 10th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1997
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SymbolA/RES/52/91
TitlePreparations for the 10th United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Preparation for the 10th UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
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Summary
Decides that the 10th Congress should be held in 2000 and that the following topics should be included in its provisional agenda: (a) promoting the rule of law and strengthening the criminal justice system; (b) international cooperation in combating transnational crime: new challenges in the 21st century; (c) effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments; (d) offenders and victims: accountability and fairness in the justice process; also decides that 4 workshops on the following issues should be held within the framework of the 10th Congress: (a) combating corruption; (b) crimes related to the computer network; (c) community involvement in crime prevention; (d) women in the criminal justice system; welcomes the offer by Government of South Africa to host the 10th Congress; takes note with appreciation of the statement by the Government of Austria that, if consensus could be reached and questions of timing could be resolved, that Government would host the 10th Congress; requests the Commission, at its 7th session, to finalize the programme for the 10th Congress taking into account the fact that the 10th Congress should deal with precisely defined substantive topics reflecting the urgent needs of the world community and should include practical technical workshops on well-focused issues; invites Member States to be represented at the 10th Congress at a high political level; requests the Secretary-General to prepare an overview of the state of crime and criminal justice worldwide for presentation at the 10th Congress; also requests the Secretary-General to make available the necessary resources for the participation of the least developed countries in the regional preparatory meetings for the 10th Congress and in the Congress itself.
Action note1997-12-12
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 70th meeting
Meeting record
A/52/PV.70
Agenda information
A/52/251 103 Crime prevention and criminal justice. CRIME PREVENTION
Date[New York] : UN, 4 Feb. 1998.
Description
3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 70th plenary meeting, 12 Dec. 1997.