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TAGS: AORC PREL SNAR UNCRIME UNGA
SUBJECT: UNGA: GUIDANCE FOR RESOLUTION ON UN CONGRESS ON 
CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR THE 64TH UNGA 
 
¶1. (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 
 
¶2. (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly will consider its 
resolution on the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and 
Criminal Justice the week of October 26 in New York.  The 
resolution is expected to be adopted by consensus. 
 
3.(SBU) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is authorized to join consensus 
on the adoption of the UNGA resolution, entitled 
"Preparations for the Twelfth UN Congress on Crime Prevention 
and Criminal Justice."  The full text of the resolution is 
included in paragraph 4 below. 
 
¶4. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION: 
 
The General Assembly, 
Recalling its resolution 56/119 of 19 December 2001 on the 
role, function, periodicity and duration of the United 
Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the 
treatment of offenders, in which it stipulated the guidelines 
in accordance with which, beginning in 2005, the congresses, 
pursuant to paragraphs 29 and 30 of the statement of 
principles and programme of action of the United Nations 
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, should be 
held, 
 
Recalling also its resolution 60/177 of 16 December 2005 on 
the "Follow-up to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on 
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice", 
 
Recalling further its resolution 63/193 of 18 December 2008, 
in which it decided that the main theme of the Twelfth United 
Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 
should be "Comprehensive strategies for global challenges: 
crime prevention and criminal justice systems and their 
development in a changing world", 
 
Recalling further its resolution 63/193, in which it 
requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal 
Justice to accord sufficient time at its eighteenth session 
to reviewing the progress made in the preparations for the 
Twelfth Congress, to finalize in good time all the necessary 
organizational and substantive arrangements and to make its 
final recommendations, through the Economic and Social 
Council, to the General Assembly, 
 
Recognizing the significant contributions of the congresses 
in promoting the exchange of experience in research, law and 
policy development and the identification of emerging trends 
and issues in crime prevention and criminal justice among 
States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations 
and individual experts representing various professions and 
disciplines, 
 
Recognizing also the efforts already made by the Government 
of Brazil to prepare for the hosting of the Twelfth Congress 
in Salvador from 12 to 19 April 2010, 
Stressing the importance of undertaking all the preparatory 
activities for the Twelfth Congress in a timely and concerted 
manner, 
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the 
Secretary-General; 
Also takes note with appreciation of the discussion guide 
prepared by the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the 
institutes of the United Nations Crime Prevention and 
Criminal Justice Programme network, for the regional 
preparatory meetings for the Twelfth United Nations Congress 
on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; 
Acknowledges the relevance of the regional preparatory 
meetings, which have examined the substantive items of the 
agenda and the workshop topics of the Twelfth Congress and 
made action-oriented recommendations to serve as a basis for 
the draft declaration to be adopted by the Twelfth Congress; 
Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal 
Justice to begin preparation of a draft declaration at 
intersessional meetings to be held well in advance of the 
Twelfth Congress, taking into account the recommendations of 
the regional preparatory meetings; 
Reiterates its decision, contained in its resolution 63/193, 
that the high-level segment of the Twelfth Congress shall be 
held during the last two days of the Congress in order to 
allow Heads of State or Government or government ministers to 
focus on the main substantive agenda items of the Congress; 
Emphasizes the importance of the workshops to be held during 
the Twelfth Congress, and invites Member States, 
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and 
other relevant entities to provide financial, organizational 
and technical support to the United Nations Office on Drugs 
and Crime and to the institutes of the United Nations Crime 
Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme network for the 
preparations for the workshops, including the preparation and 
circulation of relevant background material; 
Invites donor countries to cooperate with developing 
countries to ensure their full participation in the 
workshops, and encourages States, other entities concerned 
and the Secretary-General to work together in order to ensure 
that the workshops focus on the respective issues and achieve 
practical results, leading to technical cooperation ideas, 
projects and documents related to enhancing bilateral and 
multilateral efforts in technical assistance activities in 
crime prevention and criminal justice; 
Reiterates its invitation to Governments and relevant 
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to 
inform the Twelfth Congress about their activities aimed at 
the implementation of the Bangkok Declaration "Synergies and 
Responses: Strategic Alliances in Crime Prevention and 
Criminal Justice", with a view to providing guidance in the 
formulation of legislation, policies and programmes in the 
field of crime prevention and criminal justice at the 
national and international levels, and, to that end, requests 
the Secretary-General to compile that information and to 
prepare a report on the subject to be submitted to the 
Twelfth Congress for consideration; 
Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to make 
available the resources necessary to ensure the participation 
of the least developed countries in the Twelfth Congress, in 
accordance with past practice; 
Encourages Governments to make preparations for the Twelfth 
Congress at an early stage by all appropriate means, 
including, where appropriate, the establishment of national 
preparatory committees, with a view to contributing to a 
focused and productive discussion on the topics and to 
participating actively in the organization and conduct of the 
workshops, the submission of national position papers on the 
various substantive items of the agenda and the encouragement 
of contributions from the academic community and relevant 
scientific institutions; 
Reiterates its invitation to Member States to be represented 
at the Twelfth Congress at the highest possible level, for 
example by Heads of State or Government or government 
ministers and attorneys general, and to participate actively 
in the high-level segment; 
Requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the organization 
of ancillary meetings of non-governmental and professional 
organizations participating in the Twelfth Congress, in 
accordance with past practice, as well as meetings of 
professional and geographical interest groups, and to take 
appropriate measures to encourage the participation of the 
academic and research community in the Congress; 
Encourages the relevant specialized agencies and programmes 
of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and 
non-governmental organizations, as well as other professional 
organizations, to cooperate with the United Nations Office on 
Drugs and Crime in the preparations for the Twelfth Congress; 
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, in collaboration 
with Member States, a wide and effective programme of public 
information relating to the preparations for the Twelfth 
Congress, to the Congress itself and to the follow-up to and 
implementation of its recommendations; 
Welcomes the appointment, by the Secretary-General, of a 
Secretary-General and an Executive Secretary of the Twelfth 
Congress, to perform their functions under the rules of 
procedure for United Nations congresses on crime prevention 
and criminal justice; 
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare an overview of the 
state of crime and criminal justice worldwide for 
presentation at the Twelfth Congress, in accordance with past 
practice; 
Calls upon the Twelfth Congress to formulate concrete 
proposals for further follow-up and action, paying particular 
attention to practical arrangements relating to the effective 
implementation of the international legal instruments 
pertaining to transnational organized crime, terrorism and 
corruption and technical assistance activities relating 
thereto; 
Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal 
Justice at its nineteenth session to give high priority to 
considering the conclusions and recommendations of the 
Twelfth Congress, with a view to recommending, through the 
Economic and Social Council, appropriate follow-up by the 
General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; 
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure proper follow-up to 
the present resolution and to report thereon, through the 
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to the 
General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. 
CLINTON