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Organised crime is one of the world's leading threats to peace and security, and more must be done to counter terrorism and prevent transnational threats, a UN crime prevention congress heard Monday.
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Some 3,000 delegates attending the opening of the 11th United Nations congress on crime prevention and criminal justice were also urged to "conspire" against organised crime and terrorism by agreeing to international legal standards and helping fund poorer countries' efforts to meet such standards.
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"Organised crime is a leading threat to international peace and security in the 21st century," United Nations chief Kofi Annan said in a statement to the congress read out by top UN crime fighter Antonio Maria Costa. "This congress is an opportunity for the international community to stand firmly, united against the threats of crime - ensuring that those threats that are distant do not become imminent, and that those that are imminent do not actually become destructive," Annan said. The global strategy, he added, must include the ratification and implementation of UN conventions against transnational organised crime and corruption, and the dozen universal counter-terrorism instruments. Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), also said the once-remote risk of threats such as terrorism could mushroom in several countries if governments did not strengthen their criminal justice systems. "I recommend that the world community demonstrates courage by advancing the aims and the instruments against both terrorism and organised crime," Costa said.
| Y'know they pay these guys good per diem rates to go to conferences and spout this stuff? |
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