The Economic and Social Council

Recalling its resolutions 1979/20 of 9 May 1979, 1984/48 of 25 May 1984, 1990/24 of 24 May 1990 and 1993/27 of 27 July 1993 and General Assembly resolutions 45/121 of 14 December 1990 and 46/152 of 18 December 1991,

Recalling also its resolutions 1992/22 of 30 July 1992 and 1993/34 of 27 July 1993,

Recalling further its resolution 1994/20 of 25 July 1994,as well as resolution 1, section IV, of the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders [1] , in which the Ninth Congress invited the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, at its fourth session, to finalize and adopt the proposed guidelines for cooperation and technical assistance in the field of urban crime prevention, contained in the annex to resolution 1994/20,

Recalling further the Milan Plan of Action [2], the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules) [3], the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines) [4] , the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules) [5], the Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power [6], and the resolution entitled Prevention of urban crime adopted by the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders [7],

Aware of the universal character of urban crime,

Recognizing the usefulness of establishing guidelines to facilitate the prevention of urban crime,

Seeking to respond to the call by many States for technical cooperation programmes adapted to local conditions and needs,

1. Adopts the guidelines for cooperation and technical assistance in the field of urban crime prevention , annexed to the present resolution, which were considered by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its second, third and fourth sessions and by the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995, and which were designed to make urban crime prevention more effective; 2. Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to ensure the publication of the guidelines in the most appropriate form;

3. Exhorts Member States to report to the Secretary-General on their experiences in elaborating and evaluating projects dealing with urban crime prevention, taking into account the guidelines;

4. Invites the interregional, regional and affiliated institutes cooperating with the United Nations in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice and non-governmental organizations to share their experiences in urban crime prevention;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the guidelines to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), to be held at Istanbul from 3 to 14 June 1996;

6. Requests the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to consider practical ways of ensuring follow up on the use and application of the guidelines;

7. Calls upon the United Nations Development Programme, other relevant United Nations organizations and bodies, and international financial institutions to give appropriate consideration to the inclusion in their assistance programmes of projects dealing with urban crime prevention