Requests the Secretary-General to collect information from Member States and relevant international organizations and other entities on their projects involving international technical assistance and training in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice; invites all Member States, international organizations and other entities to utilize the existing central clearing house; recommends that entities with national or specialized clearing houses cooperate with the central clearing house by providing contact points for information or direct electronic linkages; also recommends that Member States consider the establishment of central contact points for information on their technical assistance and training projects in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice; further recommends that the Secretary-General explore the possibility of expanding this pilot phase as a standing activity.

Adopted without vote, 43rd plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1999, New York, 20 Jan. and 2-5 Feb. 1999; resumed organizational session for 1999, New York, 25 March, 6 and 7 May and 23 June 1999; substantive session of 1999, Geneva, 5-30 July 1999; resumed substantive session of 1999, New York, 16 Sept., 26 Oct., 15 Nov. and 16 Dec. 1999 - E/1999/99 - p. 50 - (ESCOR, 1999, Suppl. no. 1).