Follow-up to the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Endorses the Bangkok Declaration on Synergies and Responses: Strategic Alliances in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as contained in the annex to the present resolution; reaffirms the readiness of Member States, in a spirit of common and shared responsibility, as acknowledged in the Bangkok Declaration, to seek to improve international cooperation in the fight against crime and terrorism, at the multilateral, regional and bilateral levels, in areas including, among others, extradition and mutual legal assistance; requests the Secretary-General to distribute the report of the 11th Congress, including the Bangkok Declaration, to Member States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations; also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 61st session a report on strengthening the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity, including a chapter on the Bangkok Declaration, the recommendations adopted by the 11th Congress and the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted without vote, 64th plenary meeting

8 p.

Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.
"Annex: Bangkok Declaration on Synergies and Responces : Strategic Alliances in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice": p. 2-8.