A/RES/70/174
Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
enforcement authorities, central authorities, prosecutors, judges, defence lawyers
and legal aid providers to exchange information and share good practices and
expertise, including, where appropriate, by promoting a global virtual network to
advance, where possible, direct contact among competent authorities to enhance
information-sharing and mutual legal assistance, making the best possible use of
information and communication platforms;
(b) To continue to support the implementation of capacity-building
programmes and training for criminal justice officials aimed at preventing and
countering terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, in line with human rights
and fundamental freedoms, including with regard to international cooperation in
criminal matters, the financing of terrorism, the use of the Internet for terrorist
purposes, the destruction of cultural heritage by terrorists and kidnapping for
ransom or for the purpose of extortion, and at addressing the conditions conducive
to the spread of terrorism, and to cooperate, as well as address, further analyse and
identify appropriate areas for joint action, through, inter alia, effective exchange of
information and sharing of experiences and best practices, to counter any existing,
growing or potential links, in some cases, between transnational organized crime,
illicit drug-related activities, money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, in
order to enhance criminal justice responses to those crimes;
(c) To adopt effective measures at the national and international levels aimed
at preventing terrorist groups from benefiting from ransom payments;
(d) To strengthen cooperation at the international, regional, subregional and
bilateral levels to counter the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters, including
through enhanced operational and timely information-sharing, logistical support, as
appropriate, and capacity-building activities, such as those provided by the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to share and adopt best practices to identify
foreign terrorist fighters, to prevent the travel of foreign terrorist fighters from, into
or through Member States, to prevent the financing, mobilization, recruitment and
organization of foreign terrorist fighters, to counter violent extremism and
radicalization to violence, which can be conducive to terrorism, to enhance our
efforts to implement deradicalization programmes, and to ensure that any person
who participates in the financing, planning, preparation or perpetration of terrorist
acts or in the supporting of terrorist acts is brought to justice, in compliance with
obligations under international law, as well as applicable domestic law;
(e) To implement effective measures to detect, prevent and counter
corruption, as well as the transfer abroad and laundering of assets derived from
corruption, and to strengthen international cooperation and assistance to Member
States to assist in the identification, freezing or seizure of such assets, as well as in
their recovery and return, in accordance with the United Nations Convention
against Corruption, in particular chapter V thereof, and in this regard to continue
discussing innovative modalities to improve mutual legal assistance in order to
speed up asset recovery proceedings and render them more successful, while also
drawing on the experience and knowledge built through the implementation of the
Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
and the World Bank;
(f) To develop strategies to prevent and combat all illicit financial flows and
emphasize the urgent need to adopt more effective measures to fight against
economic and financial crimes, including fraud, as well as tax and corporate crimes,
especially in their relevant transnational dimensions;
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