23rd plenary meeting

4 May 1982

Enhancement of the functioning of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control in relation to the preparation of United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders

The Economic and Social Council,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on preparations for the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders,

Convinced of the need to make more effective the methods of work of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, especially in connexion with its function of preparing the United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders,

Desiring to enable the Committee to undertake its functions between sessions, in accordance with paragraph 1 (a) of Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/19 of 9 May 1979 and General Assembly resolution 32/60 of 8 December 1977, particularly in relation to its functions as a preparatory committee,

1. Decides that the Chairman of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control may appoint persons from among the members of the Committee who may give advice in respect of the regional and interregional preparatory meetings for the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to implement fully the decisions and recommendations made by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control at its seventh session, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/19.