RESOLUTION 1993/29 Resolution E93r029 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime The Economic and Social Council, Alarmed by the increasing dimensions and sophistication of organized transnational crime, Recognizing the danger posed by organized transnational crime to all countries of the world, Reaffirming the need for more intensified international cooperation to prevent and control organized transnational crime, Convinced that effective and concerted action at all levels to prevent and control the activities of organized and transnational criminal groups represents an investment in the future for all societies, Recognizing the need to intensify and coordinate efforts against organized transnational crime at the national and regional levels in order to ensure concerted and efficient global action, Convinced that the regular exchange and dissemination of information can assist Governments in establishing adequate criminal justice systems and in devising effective strategies and policies against crime, Convinced also that technical assistance in this field is indispensable, Convinced further of the need to develop means of cooperating at the investigative and judicial levels, Considering that the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch has at its disposal the knowledge and expertise required to assist Member States in their efforts against transnational and organized crime, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 45/107, 45/121 and 45/123 of 14 December 1990, 46/152 of 18 December 1991 and 47/87 and 47/91 of 16 December 1992, Recalling also that, in section IV of its resolution 1992/22, of 30 July 1992, the Council recognized the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice as the principal policy-making body of the United Nations in crime prevention and criminal justice, 1. ... Continua