Invites Member States to strengthen their efforts to review and improve data collection tools in order to obtain an objective, scientific, balanced and transparent assessment of emerging trends in specific areas of crime; also invites Member States to share information on the progress made and the obstacles encountered in fostering the exchange among States of information related to crime and to the function of the criminal justice system; requests the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to establish an open-ended intergovernmental expert working group, to be convened at least once between sessions of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to prepare recommendations on the improvement of tools for the collection of relevant crime data; invites relevant international and regional organizations, upon request, to provide to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime information on their experiences in collecting crime-related data.

Adopted without vote, 44th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2009 (Geneva, 6-31 July 2009) - E/2009/INF/2/Add.1 - 21 Aug. 2009 - p. 77-79.