NCJ Number
219436
Date Published
March 2007
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This report presents an overview of the activities of the United Nations (U.N.) Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the fight against transnational organized crime and corruption.
Abstract
Since the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Organized Crime Convention and the protocols thereto, the UNODC has made it a top priority to promote universal ratification of those instruments and provide assistance to states that wish to ratify and implement them. In order to achieve greater integration and harmony among the main areas of UNODC's responsibility, a number of the assistance activities conducted in 2006 addressed legislative incorporation of the Organized Crime Convention and its protocols with that of treaties on drugs, corruption, and terrorism. Other technical assistance focused on a wide range of issues connected to transnational crime. This paper reports on the work conducted at the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. A discussion of the promotion of the ratification and implementation of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols describes tools for the promotion, the provision of technical assistance (legislation and capacity-building), cooperation with other entities, and public awareness and special events. The report's section on corruption describes the activities of the first session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption. It also profiles the tools and technical assistance used in promoting the ratification and implementation of the Convention against Corruption.