A/RES/70/174. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/174
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/174

General Assembly Distr.: General

8 January 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 106

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/490)]

70/174. Thirtee nth Uni ted Nations Co ngress o n Crime Prevention

and Criminal J ustice

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Emp has izin g

the r espons ibility ass umed by the U nited Nati ons i n th e fi eld o f

crim e pre vention and crimin al jus tice i n purs uance of E conomi c and Socia l Coun cil

reso lution 155 C (VII) of 1 3 August 1948 and General Asse mbly r esolut ion 41 5 (V)

of 1 Decem ber 19 50,

Ackn ow ledg ing

that th e United Na tions co ngresse s on crime p reventi on and

crim inal justic e, a s m ajor intergo vernme ntal forums , h ave infl uenced n ationa l

poli cies and pr actices an d pr omoted inte rnatio nal c oopera tion in that fi eld b y

faci litatin g t he excha nge of view s and exper ience, mo bilizin g public op inion an d

reco mmend ing pol icy opt ions at the na tional, regio nal and intern ational levels ,

Reca lli ng

its resol ution 46/1 52 of 18 Dece mber 1991 , i n t he a nnex to whic h

Mem ber Sta tes aff irmed that th e Unit ed Nat ions co ngress es on crime prevent ion an d

crim inal just ice shoul d be held eve ry five yea rs and shou ld provid e a forum for ,

inte r ali a, th e ex change o f vi ews b etween Stat es, inte rgovern mental and

non- govern mental o rganiza tions an d ind ividual exp erts repr esenti ng va rious

prof ession s and discip lines, the ex change of e xperien ces in resea rch, l aw and poli cy

deve lopmen t, and t he ide ntifica tion of emerg ing tre nds an d issu es in cri me

prev ention and cr iminal justice ,

Reca lling also

its resolu tion 57/27 0 B of 23 June 20 03 o n t he i ntegrat ed and

coor dinated impl ementat ion of and follo w-up t o the outc omes o f majo r Unit ed

Nati ons con ference s and sum mits in t he econo mic and social f ields, in which it

stre ssed that all c ountri es sh ould promot e po licies consi stent and cohere nt wi th th e

com mitment s of the maj or Unite d Nation s c onfere nces and s ummits , emphas ized

that th e Uni ted Na tions sys tem ha d an imp ortant re sponsib ility to ass ist

Gove rnment s to stay ful ly eng aged in t he fol low-up to a nd imp lement ation of

agre ements and comm itment s reac hed at the maj or Un ited Nations conf erence s and

sum mits and invite d the int ergover nmenta l bo dies of t he U nited Natio ns s ystem to

furt her promo te the imple mentati on of the outc omes of the maj or United N ations

conf erence s and s ummits ,

Reca lli ng

furt her

it s reso lution 69/ 191 of 18 D ecembe r 2014 , in whic h it

requ ested the Com missio n o n C rime Preve ntion and Cri minal Just ice to give high

prio rity at it s twe nty-fou rth s ession to conside ring the d eclara tion of the Thi rteenth

A/RES/70/174 Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

2/16

Unit ed N ations Congr ess o n Cri me Pr eventio n and Crim inal Justice , wit h a view to

reco mmend ing, th rough the E conomi c and Social Counc il, ap propria te fol low-up by

the Genera l Assemb ly at i ts seve ntieth session ,

Bea ring in mind

its resol ution 6 7/1 of 24 Sep tember 2012 on the declar ation of

the high -level mee ting of the Genera l As sembl y on the rul e of la w at the nat ional

and inte rnation al le vels and its r esoluti on 6 9/195 of 18 Dec ember 2014 on the rule

of law, cr ime preve ntion an d crimina l justice i n the Unite d Nations d evelop ment

agen da bey ond 20 15,

Bea ring in mind als o

i ts re solutio n 69/ 244 o f 29 Decemb er 20 14 on the

orga nizatio n of th e Uni ted Natio ns s ummit for the ad option of th e pos t-2015

deve lopmen t agen da,

Taking into ac count

Ec onomic and Soci al Counc il reso lution 2 014/22 o f 16 Ju ly

2014 on the Th irteenth C ongress and the post-201 5 develop ment age nda and th e

repor t of th e Exec utive Di rector of the United Nations Office on Drug s and Crime o n

the contri bution of the Thirt eenth Co ngress to th e discu ssions on th e post- 2015

devel opment a genda, sub mitted to the Cong ress purs uant to t hat resolu tion,

1

Aware

of the pr esident ial summ ary of the hi gh-leve l themat ic debate o f t he

Gene ral Assem bly on integ rating crim e pre ventio n and cri minal just ice i n the

post -2015 develop ment a genda, held in New York on 25 Februa ry 2015 ,

2

Aware als o

of the repor t o f th e S ecretar y-Gene ral entitle d “Follow -up to the

Salv ador De clarati on on Com prehens ive Strat egies fo r Global Challen ges: Cri me

Prev ention and Cr iminal Justice System s and Th eir Deve lopmen t in a Cha nging

World ”,

3

Enc oura ged

by the succ ess of the Thir teenth Co ngress as on e o f the larges t

and most diver se fo rums for t he ex change of views on a nd ex perienc es in rese arch,

law and policy and progra mme develop ment betwee n Stat es, in tergove rnment al an d

non- govern mental o rganiza tions an d ind ividual exp erts repr esenti ng va rious

prof ession s and d iscipli nes,

Hav ing co nsidere d

th e rep ort of the Thirt eenth Cong ress

4

and the relat ed

reco mmend ations made b y the C ommiss ion at its twe nty-fo urth se ssion,

5

1.

Exp resses i ts sati sfactio n

wit h the resul ts achi eved b y the T hirtee nth

Unit ed Nations Co ngress on Cri me P revent ion and Crimin al J ustice, he ld i n D oha

from 12 to 19 April 20 15, incl uding t he Doha D eclara tion on I ntegrat ing Cri me

Prev ention and Cri minal Justic e in to th e Wid er U nited Natio ns A genda to Addre ss

Soci al and Econo mic Challe nges and to Prom ote the Rule of Law at the Na tional

and Intern ational Levels , and Public Partici pation, adopt ed at t he high -level segme nt

of t he Thir teenth Congre ss;

2.

Takes note wi th app reciatio n

of the rep ort of the Thi rteenth Congr ess;

4

3.

Exp resses its apprecia tion

to the U nited Na tions Of fice on Dr ugs and

Cri me for the wo rk done in th e prepar ations for a nd follo w-up to the T hirtee nth

Con gress, and exte nds it s than ks to the insti tutes of t he Uni ted Na tions crime

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1 A/CONF.222/5.

2 A/CONF.222/15.

3 A/CONF.222/3.

4 A/CONF.222/17.

5 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2015, Supplement No. 10 (E/2015/30).