Further by the text, the Assembly would urge all States and competent regional economic integration organizations to sign and ratify the Convention as soon as possible in order to ensure its rapid entry into force and request the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention to keep abreast of technological developments in the area of cybercrime, to make recommendations regarding appropriate action in that regard. By the text, the Assembly would decide to hold the Fifteenth Congress in Abu Dhabi from 25 to 30 April 2026, with pre-Congress consultations to be held on 24 April 2026 and that the high-level segment of the Congress shall be held during the first two days, urging participants in the regional preparatory meetings to make action-oriented recommendations to serve as a basis for the draft recommendations and conclusions for consideration by the Congress. To the text, approved without a vote, the Assembly would authorize the open-ended intergovernmental expert group on model strategies on reducing reoffending to continue its work with a view to reporting to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its thirty-fourth session and requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to convene an additional meeting of the open-ended intergovernmental expert group to finalize the development of model strategies on reducing reoffending, while strongly encouraging Member States to participate in that meeting and include experts from a variety of disciplines in their delegations.
Author: United Nations
Published at: 2024-11-11 23:38:08
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