Opening the 21st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said weak and fragile countries are particularly vulnerable to the effects of transnational organized crime, threatening their opportunities for social and economic progress.
He said that anti-crime activities must be integrated into the sustainable development agenda.
23 April 2012: The 21st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened on 23 April 2012, in Vienna, Austria, with speakers acknowledging that transnational organized crime is a global threat for sustainable development, good governance, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), human rights and the rule of law.
At the opening, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), highlighted that weak and fragile countries are particularly vulnerable to the effects of transnational organized crime, threatening their opportunities for social and economic progress. To change this situation, Fedotov said, anti-crime activities must be integrated into the sustainable development agenda, as well as into programmes of action for the rule of law. [UN-NGLS Release] [UNODC Press Release] [Session Documents]