Calls upon Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, local authorities and civil society to further develop and implement effective crime prevention strategies at national, regional and local levels that take into account, where appropriate, inter alia, the Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime; requests the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to undertake in relation to gathering information on standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice and to pay due attention to crime prevention, with a view to achieving a balanced approach between crime prevention and criminal justice responses, to further developing initiatives on crime prevention; requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its 16th session on progress made in relation to its actions on gathering information in respect of Member States and their crime prevention practices in order to promote effective crime prevention strategies.

Adopted without vote, 36th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2005, New York, 19 Jan., 4 Feb. and 1 and 31 Mar. 2005; resumed organizational session for 2005, New York, 27 and 28 Apr. and 9 June 2005; substantive session of 2005, New York, 29 June-27 July 2005; resumed substantive session of 2005, New York, 21 Oct. 2005 - E/2005/99 - p. 60-62 - (ESCOR, 2005, Suppl. no. 1).