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QNA
Vienna
Qatar has called for strengthening international cooperation to face the serious challenges posed by organised crime and its links to other crimes, including terrorism.
This came in a speech made by Ambassador HE Ahmed Hassan al Hammadi, the vice-chairman of the committee tasked with following up on the implementation of Doha Declaration, at the 25th session of Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna.
The ambassador reviewed the draft resolution submitted by Qatar, Japan, Brazil and Mexico under the title 'Follow-up to the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Preparations for the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice'.
He said the draft resolution refers to the 13th Congress on Crime Prevention and calls on governments to take into account its final statement, the Doha Declaration, when they develop policies and legislations, and implement the principles contained in the declaration.
The envoy said the draft resolution calls on countries to prepare for the 14th congress and submit their proposals on its general theme and the rest of its items.
"The draft resolution reaffirms the responsibility vested in the United Nations in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice, and stresses the importance of crime prevention and criminal justice conferences as the main inter-governmental forums that have influenced national policies and promoted international cooperation," he said.
Hammadi said the draft resolution included a paragraph welcoming the initiative of Qatar on working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to ensure appropriate follow-up to the implementation of the Doha Declaration and the agreement between Qatar and UN Office on Drugs and Crime, signed in Vienna on November 27, 2015.
He said this agreement included implementation of several projects recommended by the Doha Declaration in the fields of terrorism prevention,"immunising young people against crime", education, strengthening judicial systems and improving prison conditions. These projects shall be implemented from 2016 until the 14th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Japan in 2020, he said.
Hammadi called on member states to co-sponsor the draft resolution as an expression of their support for crime provision's conferences and as an appreciation of the role of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
