Prevention of urban crime

Encourages the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to develop its knowledge and tools pertaining to the role of local authorities in the prevention of crime through the development of specific measures targeting groups at risk; invites Member States to make or increase voluntary contributions to the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund; requests the UN Office on Drugs and Crime subject to the availability of resources to provide technical assistance to States upon request in the area of crime prevention; calls again upon all relevant UN organizations and financial institutions to give appropriate consideration to the inclusion of urban crime prevention and law enforcement projects in their programmes of assistance.

Adopted without vote, 47th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2004, New York, 21 Jan., 4-6, 13 and 27 Feb. and 3 May 2004; resumed organizational session for 2004, New York, 4 May and 3 and 15 June 2004; substantive session of 2004, New York, 28 June-23 July 2004; resumed substantive session of 2004, New York, 16 Sept. and 5 and 11 Nov. 2004 - E/2004/99 - p. 64-65 - (ESCOR, 2004, Suppl. no. 1).