Resolution nº 2008/24 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 2008/24

Strengthening prevention of urban crime: an integrated

approach

The Economic and Social Council

,

Recalling

General Assembly resolution 62/175 of 18 December

2007 on strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and

Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation

capacity, in which the Assembly reaffirmed the importance of the

United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme in

promoting effective action to strengthen international cooperation in

crime prevention and criminal justice, as well as of the work of the

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the fulfilment of its

mandate in crime prevention and criminal justice, including providing

to Member States, upon request and as a matter of high priority,

technical cooperation, advisory services and other forms of assistance,

and coordinating with and complementing the work of all relevant and

competent United Nations bodies and offices, and recalling also that,

in that resolution, the Assembly drew attention to urban crime as an

emerging policy issue,

Recalling also

its resolution 2007/12 of 25 July 2007 on the

strategy for the period 2008-2011 for the United Nations Office on

Drugs and Crime, in which community-centred crime prevention was

designated a result area,

Mindful

of its resolution 1995/9 of 24 July 1995, in which it

adopted guidelines for cooperation and technical assistance in the

field of urban crime prevention, as contained in the annex to that

resolution, and its resolution 2002/13 of 24 July 2002, in which it

accepted the Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime contained in the

annex to that resolution,

Recalling

its resolutions 2005/22 of 22 July 2005 on action to

promote effective crime prevention and 2006/20 of 27 July 2006 on

United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention, in which it

acknowledged the need to achieve a balanced approach between crime

prevention and criminal justice responses,

Considering

that the fight against crime can effectively reach its

objectives through a combination of national policies on criminal

justice and crime prevention to address the causes of crime and

violence, bearing in mind that allocating resources to crime prevention

can greatly reduce the financial and social costs of crime,

Recognizing

the importance of the engagement between civil

society and law enforcement authorities in the planning and

implementation of crime prevention activities,

Recalling

the commitments made by the international

community in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,

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in

particular regarding the fight against crime and the objective of

making the right to development a reality for everyone,

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See General Assembly resolution 55/2.