Crime


AFG/222-SOC/CP/254
20/05/2003
Press Release
AFG/222
SOC/CP/254


PENITENTIARY REFORM PROJECT IN AFGHANISTAN LAUNCHED


VIENNA, 20 May (UN Information Service) -- On 17 May, Andul Rahim Karimi, the Minister of Justice of Afghanistan, and Mohammad Reza Amirkhizi, the Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Afghanistan, signed a document on reform of the penitentiary system at a ceremony held in the Ministry of Justice in Kabul.

SOC/CP/252
14/05/2003
Press Release
SOC/CP/252


HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN,

TO BE FOCUS OF UN CRIME COMMISSION MEETING


40-Member Body to Hold Twelfth Session in Vienna from 13 - 22 May 2003


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 13 May (UN Information Service) -- Human trafficking, especially in women and children, will be the focus of discussion at the twelfth session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice beginning today.

SOC/CP/251
03/02/2003
Press Release
SOC/CP/251


OPEN DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND WORLD GOVERNANCE


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 3 February (UN Information Service) -- The issue of terrorism prevention strategies will be discussed by a group of experts during an upcoming meeting to be held in Turin.

SOC/CP/249
27/09/2002
Press Release
SOC/CP/249


MORE PROGRESS EXPECTED ON UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION


Ad Hoc Committee for Negotiation of Convention

Against Corruption Holds Third Session in Vienna, 30 September–11 October


(Reissued as received.)

SOC/CP/247
14/06/2002
Press Release
SOC/CP/247


DRAFTING OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION RESUMES


Ad Hoc Committee for Negotiation of Convention

Against Corruption Holds Second Session in Vienna, 17-28 June


(Reissued as received.)