A/RES/69/193. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/193
• Year: 2014
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/69/193

General Assembly Distr.: General

26 January 2015

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 105

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/489)]

69/193. International cooperation in criminal matters

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic

Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988,

1

the United Nations Convention

against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto

2

and the United

Nations Convention against Corruption,

3

as well as the international counter-

terrorism conventions and protocols,

Conscious

of the need to respect human dignity and to give effect to the rights

conferred upon every person involved in criminal proceedings, in accordance with

applicable international human rights instruments,

Concerned

that transnational organized crime has diversified globally and

represents a threat to health and safety and to the sustainable development of

Member States,

Convinced

that transnational organized crime, including in its new and

emerging forms, creates significant challenges for Member States and that effective

responses depend on strengthened international cooperation in criminal matters,

Emphasizing

the importance of strengthened and collaborative efforts by all

Member States to ensure the creation and promotion of strategies and mechanisms

in all areas of international cooperation, especially in extradition, mutual legal

assistance, transfer of sentenced persons and the confiscation of proceeds of crime,

Convinced

that the establishment of bilateral and multilateral arrangements for

mutual assistance in criminal matters can contribute to the development of more

effective international cooperation to combat transnational crime,

Bearing in mind

that the United Nations standards and norms in crime

prevention and criminal justice provide important tools for the development of

international cooperation,

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1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1582, No. 27627.

2 Ibid., vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.

3 Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.