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External sources (not reviewed)

common crimes that affect civic security, threats to international public health, particularly HIV/AIDS and H1N1, natural disasters, the shipment of radioactive material through our waters, among others, and especially their effects in Latin America and the Caribbean, must be tackled by competent authorities and entities in an integral manner through effective, articulated and joint international cooperation within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of the States, each country’s internal legislation, and international law.

whenever appropriate, to take into account in its technical assistance programme to counter terrorism the elements necessary for building national capacity in order to strengthen criminal justice systems and the rule of law.

to systematically develop specialized legal knowledge in the area of counter-terrorism and pertinent thematic areas of relevance to the mandates of the Office and to provide, upon request, technical assistance for building the capacity of Member States to ratify and implement the international conventions and protocols related to terrorism, especially through the preparation of technical tools and publications and the training of criminal justice officials, and requested the Office to report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its nineteenth session on the activities of the Office in that regard; and also requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 64/177).

20 additional cases each per year” (S/2011/360, paragraph 10), but not for three more years.

to the recommendations of the expert group on protection against trafficking in cultural property and to submit to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice practical proposals for implementing those recommendations, giving due attention to aspects of criminalization, international cooperation and mutual legal assistance.

in Persons, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, including its Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and the Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, treaty bodies and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as national human rights institutions, civil society and the private sector

justice to justice for children, including child victims and witnesses of crime.

relevant international organizations and the private sector, technical assistance and training to States to improve national legislation and build the capacity of national authorities in order to deal with cybercrime, including the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of such crime in all its forms, and to enhance the security of computer networks.

Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

of competence, on specific points of law or procedure and on civil suits.

houses; strengthening cooperation with academic institutions (the Geneva Art-Law Centre, the Mexican Centre of Uniform Law and the Universities of Milan and Paris).

the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) (A/66/315/Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1); the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the JIU report entitled “Policies and procedures for the administration of trust funds in the United Nations system organizations” (A/66/348) and the comments of the Secretary-General and of CEB (A/66/348/Add.1); and the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on the review of the organizational framework of the public information function of the Secretariat (A/66/180).

Initiative and other relevant initiatives.

Children’s Fund, East Asia and Pacific Regional Office; United Nations Population Fund, Asia and Pacific Regional Office; United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, East and Southeast Asia Subregional Office; and the World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office.

Republic of the Congo, initiated the development of a multi-year (2010-2012) joint United Nations justice support programme focused on developing the criminal justice chain, the police, the judiciary and prisons in conflict-affected areas and strategic programmatic support at the central level in Kinshasa.

and three regional disarmament offices (the United Nations Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific) also have access to iSeek, ensuring that information is shared with United Nations staff around the world in a timely and immediately accessible manner.

Fund (UNFPA) on gender budgeting, anti-corruption strategy, women’s political participation, access to justice and gender policy, among others.

and implementation of policies and operational measures to control the production, sale, brokering and transfer of weapons and explosives, including ratification of the Firearms Protocol and the international instruments to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons.