Resolution nº 2008/22 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 24-07-2008

• Date: 24 July 2008
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

ECOSOC Resolution 2008/22

Preparations for the Twelfth United Nations Congress

on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

The Economic and Social Council

Recommends

to the General Assembly the adoption of the

following draft 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, and its resolution 62/173 of 18 December 2007 on the

follow-up to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime

Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Twelfth

United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal

Justice, in which it, inter alia, accepted with gratitude the offer

of the Government of Brazil to act as host to the Twelfth

Congress,

“

Considering

that, pursuant to its resolutions 415 (V) of 1

December 1950 and 46/152 of 18 December 1991, the Twelfth

Congress is to be held in 2010,

“

Bearing

in mind

the guidelines for and the format of

United Nations congresses, as stipulated in paragraph 2 of its

resolution 56/119, as well as paragraphs 29 and 30 of the

statement of principles and programme of action of the United

Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme,

annexed to its resolution 46/152,

“

Bearing in mind also

the conclusions and

recommendations contained in the report of the meeting of the

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Lessons Learned from

United Nations Congresses on Crime Prevention and Criminal

Justice, held in Bangkok from 15 to 18 August 2006,

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which the

General Assembly endorsed in its resolution 62/173,

“

Recognizing

the significant contributions of the United

Nations congresses on crime prevention and criminal justice 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 organizations and individual experts

representing various professions and disciplines,

“

Recalling

that, in its resolution 62/173, it requested the

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, at its

seventeenth session, to finalize the programme for the Twelfth

Congress and to make its final recommendations on the theme

and on the organization of round tables and workshops to be

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E/CN.15/2007/6.