Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the widest possible circulation of the plans of action; invites Governments to consider carefully and use, as appropriate, the plans of action as a guide in their efforts to formulate legislation, policies and programmes in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, for the purpose of implementing and following up on the commitments undertaken in the Vienna Declaration; invites the Secretary-General to consider carefully and implement the plans of action as a guide in developing policies and programmes in accordance with the medium-term plans and the programme budgets, and subject to available resources; invites the Secretariat to discuss with the institutes of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network their possible contribution to the implementation of the plans of action, under the coordination of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; invites Member States and regional and international institutions to strengthen the Programme further through sustained funding and other technical support activities; invites the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to follow up the implementation of the plans of action and to make any recommendations as appropriate.

Adopted without vote, 93rd plenary meeting

Plans of Action for the Implementation of the Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice : Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

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"Annex: Plans of action for the implementation of the Vienna declaration on Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century": p. 2-19.