A/RES/74/177. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/177
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 106

Crime p revention and criminal ju stice

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 18 December 2019

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/74/ 400)]

74/177. Streng thening the Unite d Nations crime prevention and crimi nal

justice programme, in particular its technical coo perat ion ca pacity

The General Assembly ,

Reaffirm ing its reso lutions 46/152 of 1 8 Dece mber 199 1, 60/1 of 16 Sept ember

2005 , 67/1 of 19 Septemb er 201 2, 69/ 193 an d 69/19 6 o f 18 D ecembe r 2014, 70/17 8

and 70/1 82 of 17 Decemb er 2 015, 71/209 of 19 D ecember 201 6, 7 2/19 6 of

19 Dece mber 20 17 and 73/186 of 17 De cember 2018,

Reaf firming also its resolut ions r elating to the ur gent n eed to stre ngthen

inter nationa l coo peration and techn ical assista nce i n pro moting and facili tating the

ratific ation and imple mentation of the Uni ted Nations Con vention against Tra nsnational

Organ ized Crim e and the Pro tocols the reto,

1

the S ingle Conv ention on N arcotic Dr ugs

of 1961 as amende d by the 1972 Prot ocol,

2

the Con vention on Psych otropic

Subs tances of 1 971,

3

the U nited Nat ions Con vention a gainst Ill icit Traffi c in Narcot ic

Drug s and Ps ychotrop ic Subs tances of 1988,

4

the United N ations C onventi on again st

Corr upti on

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and all the interna tional c onventio ns and p rotocol s agains t terror ism,

Reca llin g the impor tance of the Doha De claratio n on Int egrating Cr ime

Prev ention and Crimin al J ustice into the Wider United Nati ons Age nda to Add ress

Soci al and Ec onomic Challeng es and to Promot e the Rul e of Law at the N ational a nd

Inter nationa l Levels, and Pub lic Part icipatio n, adop ted by t he Thirte enth Uni ted

Nati ons Cong ress on Crime P reventi on and C riminal Justice ,

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1

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol s. 2225 , 2237 , 2241 and 23 26, No . 3957 4.

2

Ibid., vol. 97 6, No. 14152 .

3

Ibid., vol. 10 19, No . 1495 6.

4

Ibid., vol. 15 82, No . 2762 7.

5

Ibid., vol. 23 49, No . 4214 6.

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Resolut ion 70 /174 , ann ex.

A/RES/74/177

Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal

justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity

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2/21

Welcomi ng E conomic and Socia l Counci l resoluti on 2019 /17 o f 23 July 2 019 on

the follo w-up to t he Th irteenth Uni ted Nations Congr ess on Cr ime Preventi on a nd

Crim inal Justic e a nd prepara tions for the Fou rteenth Un ited Natio ns Congres s o n

Crim e Prevent ion and Cr iminal J ustice, an d recalli ng that the theme of t he Fourte enth

Cong ress, t o be he ld in Kyoto, J apan, from 2 0 to 2 7 April 2020, w ill be “Advan cing

crim e prevent ion, crim inal just ice and th e rule of la w: towar ds the ach ievemen t of the

2030 A genda”,

Unde rsco ring the role of t he C ommissio n on Cri me P reventio n an d Cr iminal

Just ice as the principa l policy making b ody of t he United Nations in the fi eld of cri me

prev ention an d crimina l justice, and reaffi rming its r esolutio n 73/1 83 of 1 7 Decemb er

2018 on enha ncing th e role o f the Co mmissio n in con tributin g to the imple mentati on

of the 20 30 Ag enda for Sus tainable D evelopm ent, in which M ember Sta tes were

enco uraged to r aise awar eness of the work of the C ommissi on in the suc cessful

impl ementati on of th e 2030 Ag enda,

Reaffirm ing i ts resolut ion 73/1 85 of 1 7 Decemb er 2018 on t he rule of l aw, crime

prev ention a nd crimin al justi ce in the context of the S ustainab le Devel opment Goals,

Expre ssing its grave con cern about the neg ative effect s of tra nsnation al

organ ized crime on develo pment, pea ce, stabil ity and secu rity and hu man rights ,

abou t t he increas ing vulner ability of Sta tes to such cri me and about the gr owing

degr ee of penetr ation of cri minal orga nization s and their fin ancial an d economi c

reso urces in to the e conomy,

Expre ssing co ncern at the inv olvemen t of orga nized cr iminal g roups, a s well as

the substan tial in crease in the volume , rate of tr ansnatio nal oc currence and r ange o f

crim inal off ences r elated t o traffi cking i n precio us meta ls, sto nes and other mineral s

in some parts of the world, and the potent ial u se of traff icking in preciou s met als,

stone s and other mineral s as a sourc e of f unding for org anized crime, other relevant

crim inal act ivities and terr orism,

Deep ly c oncerned ab out the growing lin ks, in s ome cases, bet ween forms of

trans national o rganized cr ime and te rrorism, r ecognizin g that coun tering tra nsnationa l

organ ized crime and te rrorism is a commo n a nd shared resp onsibili ty, a nd i n t his

respe ct recall ing Econ omic and Social Co uncil res olution 2019/21 of 23 Jul y 2019 on

techn ical assi stance pr ovided by t he United N ations Off ice on Dru gs and Crim e

relat ed to co unter-t errorism ,

Conv ince d that the rule of l aw an d de velopme nt ar e str ongly interre lated and

mutu ally re inforcin g and that th e adva ncement of the rule of law at the natio nal and

inter nationa l levels, i ncludin g through crime pr evention and crimi nal just ice

mech anisms, i s essentia l for susta ined and in clusive e conomic g rowth and sustaina ble

deve lopment and t he ful l reali zation of all human rights and fundame ntal fr eedoms,

inclu ding t he righ t to develop ment, a nd in this r espect reaffir ming th e 2030 Agenda

for Su stainab le Develo pment,

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whi ch, inter a lia, incl udes the c ommitme nt to pro mote

peac eful and inc lusive soc ieties for sustaina ble develo pment, pr ovide acce ss to justic e

for all and build effectiv e, acco untable and in clusive institu tions a t all l evels, and in

this re spect recal ling its resol ution 70/ 299 of 29 July 201 6 o n the follow -up and

revi ew of th e 2030 Ag enda at the glo bal leve l,

Emph asiz ing that tran snation al organize d c rime must be ad dressed wi th full

respe ct for the pr inciple of the sovere ignty o f States and i n accor dance with the rul e

of l aw as pa rt of a compre hensive respons e to pro mote du rable s olutions throug h the

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

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Resolut ion 70 /1.