Crime Congress in Havana to address growing global crime.The global fight against Crime is to be given renewed impetus through the Eighth Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, to be held in Havana, Cuba, from 27 August to 7 SePtember 1990. Previous congresses have "influenced national policies and practices", the General Assembly noted in resolution 44/71, adopted on 8 December. The Havana meeting should make a major contribution to the "solution of problems related to crime prevention and criminal justice", it stated. Violence, terrorism, corruption and illegal trade in narcotic narcotic, any of a number of substances that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium, its constituents morphine and codeine, and the morphine derivative heroin. See also drug addiction and drug abuse. drugs were spreading, the Assembly said, due to an expanding volume in and the transnational character of organized crime. In another resolution (44/72), the Assembly said the increase both in the incidence and seriousness of crime in many parts of the world" and "its negative effects on the quality of life and the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms" reflected a deteriorating situation. Recognizing that "economic and technical" constraints impeded many countries in their fight against crime, the Assembly warned that technological advances" could be used in the "perpetration per·pe·trate tr.v. per·pe·trat·ed, per·pe·trat·ing, per·pe·trates To be responsible for; commit: perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke. of sophisticated forms of criminality". High-level government representatives, prosecutors, judges, criminologists, penologists and senior police officials, as well as experts in criminal law, human rights and rehabilitation, are expected to participate in the Eighth Congress, which is being organized by the Crime Prevention and Criminal justice Branch of the Vienna-based UN Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs The Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (CSDHA) was the division of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), responsible for coordination of all issues related social policy within the United Nations system. . The global meeting will focus on transborder crimes, including illicit drug illicit drug Street drug, see there trafficking and other forms of organized crime, terrorism, economic and white-collar crime white-collar crime, term coined by Edward Sutherland for nonviolent crimes committed by corporations or individuals such as office workers or sales personnel (see white-collar workers) in the course of their business activities. , corruption and offences against the environment and national cultural heritage. More than 600 representatives from 129 Member States, many intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations Transnational organizations of private citizens that maintain a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Nongovernmental organizations may be professional associations, foundations, multinational businesses, or simply groups with a common interest in , relevant specialized agencies and UN bodies, regional commissions and UN crime prevention and criminal justice institutes took part in five preparatory sessions during 1989. During the Eighth Congress, workshops on the computerization com·put·er·ize tr.v. com·put·er·ized, com·put·er·iz·ing, com·put·er·iz·es 1. To furnish with a computer or computer system. 2. To enter, process, or store (information) in a computer or system of computers. of criminal justice information and on the alternatives to imprisonment Alternatives to imprisonment might be understood on several levels: One way to sketch the range of alternatives people have developed for responding to violence is to divide it by shorter-term and longer-term strategies. will be held. The Assembly urged Member States to provide research and technical papers about their national experiences. UN congresses on crime prevention have been held every five years since 1955. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar Pé·rez de Cuél·lar , Javier Born 1920. Peruvian diplomat who served as secretary-general of the United Nations (1982-1991). said the importance of the Congress "derives from the fact that transnational criminality has become one of the most pressing problems confronting contemporary societies". It was thriving at unprecedented levels and in ways previously unheard of", he continued, threatening the lives, security and property of individuals and communities. He cited world-wide trafficking in drugs and other forms of organized crime as "especially serious", concluding that criminality, "once traditionally regarded as being of purely domestic concern", can "no longer be tackled by Governments individually". |
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