A/RES/71/209. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/209
• Year: 2016
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/209

General Assembly

Distr.: General

13 February 2017

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 106

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/485)]

71/209 . Streng thening the United Nation s crime preven tion

and cri minal justic e programme, in particular

its tec hnical cooperation capaci ty

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firmi ng its reso lutions 46/152 of 18 De cember 1991, 6 0/1 of 16 Se ptember

2005 , 67/1 of 19 Septemb er 201 2, 69/1 93 and 6 9/196 o f 18 De cember 2014, 69/281

of 28 May 2015, 70/1 of 25 Septemb er 201 5, 70/ 76 of 9 December 2015 , 70/1 20 of

14 Dece mber 2015 , 70/ 174, 70/ 175, 70/ 178 an d 70/ 182 of 17 D ecember 2015 ,

70/2 91 o f 1 July 2016, 7 0/29 9 of 29 July 2016 an d 70/30 1 of 9 Septe mber 201 6,

Reaf firming al so it s reso lutions re lating to the urgen t need to stre ngthen

inter nationa l coo peratio n and tech nical assista nce in pr omoting and faci litating the

ratif ication and imple mentati on of t he Unit ed Nati ons Con vention agains t

Trans national Organiz ed Cri me and the Pro tocols thereto ,

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the Single Convent ion on

Narc otic Dru gs of 1 961 as a mended by t he 1972 Prot ocol,

2

the Conv ention on

Psyc hotropic Substan ces of 19 71,

3

the United N ations C onventio n agains t Illici t

Traffi c in N arcotic Drugs and Psy chotrop ic Subs tances of 19 88,

4

the United Nation s

Conv ention again st Co rruptio n

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and all the intern ational conv entions and proto cols

agai nst terro rism,

Welcomi ng Econ omic and Social Coun cil r esolutio n 2 016/16 of 26 Jul y 20 16

on follo w-up to the Thirteen th U nited Natio ns C ongress o n Cr ime Prevent ion and

Crim inal Justic e a nd prepara tions for the Fo urteenth U nited Natio ns Congre ss on

Crim e P reventio n a nd Criminal Ju stice, and rec alling the imp ortance of the Do ha

Decl aration on In tegratin g Crime Prev ention and C riminal Ju stice into th e Wider

Unit ed Nati ons Age nda to Addres s Social and E conomic Challe nges an d to P romote

the Rule of Law a t the Nati onal a nd I nternati onal Levels, and Public Part icipatio n,

adop ted by t he Thirt eenth Co ngress,

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1

United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.

2

Ibid., vol. 976, No. 14152.

3

Ibid., vol. 1019, No. 14956.

4

Ibid., vol. 1582, No. 27627.

5

Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.

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Resolution 70/174, annex.

A/RES/71/209

Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal

justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity

2/17

Expre ssing its gra ve conc ern abou t th e ne gative e ffects of transn ational

organ ized crime on de velopme nt, p eace, stabilit y and secur ity a nd hu man ri ghts, at

the increas ing vul nerabili ty of States to such crime and ab out th e growi ng degr ee of

pene tration o f criminal organiza tions and t heir fi nancial a nd econo mic resour ces

into the eco nomy,

Expre ssing concer n at the invo lvement of organ ized crimina l gr oups, as well

as the sub stantial incre ase in the v olume, rate o f trans national occur rence and ran ge

of cri minal offen ces relate d to traffic king in prec ious meta ls and stone s in some

part s of t he wor ld, and the p otential use of traf ficking in pre cious metals and st ones

as a sourc e o f f unding for org anized cri me, other rele vant crimin al activiti es and

terro rism,

Deep ly c oncerne d a bout the growin g li nks, in some cases, bet ween forms of

tran snationa l organ ized cr ime an d terr orism, and recogn izing that count ering

tran snationa l organiz ed crim e and te rrorism is a co mmon and shared respons ibility,

Conv ince d that the rule of l aw an d de velopme nt a re st rongly inter related and

mutu ally re inforcin g and that t he adva ncement of th e rule of la w at t he nati onal a nd

inter nationa l leve ls, in cluding thro ugh c rime p reventi on an d crim inal j ustice

mech anisms, is ess ential for sus tained and inc lusive eco nomic g rowth and

sust ainable d evelopm ent and t he full r ealizati on of all hu man rig hts and

fund amental fre edoms, inc luding the right to d evelop ment, and in this respe ct

welc oming the adoptio n of the 2030 Agenda for Susta inable Devel opment,

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whi ch,

inter alia , incl udes the c ommitm ent to pro mote p eaceful and inclus ive s ocieties for

sust ainable de velopme nt, p rovide acc ess t o jus tice f or al l and build effe ctive,

acco untable and incl usive institu tions at all levels, and in this respe ct r ecalling its

resol ution 70 /29 9 on follo w-up and review o f the 203 0 Agend a for Sus tainable

Deve lopment at the globa l lev el, in w hich it e ncourag ed co herence of the Gener al

Asse mbly a nd its Main C ommitt ees, th e Econ omic a nd Soc ial Cou ncil, the

spec ialized age ncies a nd the func tional com missions of th e Coun cil, an d other

inter governme ntal bo dies an d forum s with the work of the high -level po litical forum

on s ustainab le devel opment towards the fol low-up and rev iew of t he impl ementat ion

of the 20 30 A genda for Su stainabl e De velopme nt an d ca lled for avoi ding

dupl icati on,

Emph asiz ing th at transna tional orga nized crim e must be addre ssed with fu ll

respe ct for the pr inciple of the sover eignty o f State s and in acco rdance with t he rule

of l aw as p art of a compr ehensiv e respon se to p romote durable solutio ns thro ugh the

promo tion of human rights a nd more equitab le socio economi c condi tions,

Enco urag ing Memb er Sta tes to deve lop an d impl ement, as a ppropria te,

comp rehensiv e crime prev ention pol icies, nati onal and lo cal strate gies and acti on

plan s based on a n unde rstandin g of the mul tiple factors that c ontribut e to crime a nd

to addres s such fact ors in a h olistic manne r, in close coop eration with all

stake holders , in cluding ci vil socie ty, a nd in th is respe ct stre ssing that s ocial

deve lopment shou ld be an integ ral el ement of strategi es to fos ter c rime preventi on

and economic develo pment i n all St ates,

Reaf firming its co mmitmen t an d st rong politi cal will in suppor t of eff ective,

fair, hu mane and acc ountabl e cr iminal ju stice syst ems and th e in stitutio ns

comp rising them, e ncourag ing the effecti ve parti cipatio n and i nclusion of al l sector s

of society, thus c reating the c onditio ns nee ded to advan ce the wider United Natio ns

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Resolution 70/1.