Technical cooperation and advisory services in crime prevention and criminal justice

Expresses its appreciation to the Centre for International Crime Prevention for assisting Member States in achieving positive results in the improvement of their criminal justice systems by responding to the increasing requests for technical assistance, by implementing a number of important projects and by formulating new projects that urgently require new funding; expresses its concern at the fact that lack of adequate resources may impede progress in the further operationalization of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme and hamper the implementation of those projects that have so far been elaborated in response to urgent requests from countries in need; requests the Secretary-General to further enhance the resources available within the existing overall budgetary framework of the UN for the activities of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme; requests the Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention to enter into discussions with the Administrator of UNDP with a view to having the Centre for International Crime Prevention recognized as an executing agency.

Adopted without vote, 44th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1998, New York, 22 Jan. and 3 and 6 Feb. 1998; resumed organizational session for 1998, New York, 7 May 1998; substantive session of 1998, New York, 6-31 July and 5 Aug. 1998; resumed substantive session of 1998, New York, 16 Dec. 1998 - E/1998/98 - p. 55-56 - (ESCOR, 1998, Suppl. no. 1).