DOHA: Doha, April 19 (QNA) - HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is also Chairman of the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, today chaired the congress' closing session held at Qatar National Convention Centre.
The 13th United Nation Congress on Prevention of Crime and Criminal Justice on Sunday unanimously adopted all reports with amendments recommended by high-profile delegates from Member States on Sunday, the last day of the event at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC).
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior thanked all delegates for their discussions and contributions to the reports, and adopting the Doha Declaration in his concluding remarks before officially closing the Congress.
He congratulated Japan who will host the 14th edition of the UN Congress in Tokyo in 2020.
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov and representatives from Member States said the Doha Declaration sets the road map for effective crime prevention and criminal justice towards the objectives of safe, peaceful and secure world in their concluding remarks.
The Congress adopted the reports of Committee 1 and 2 and Agenda No. 7 today after eight days of discussions over 230 meetings and workshops on how to tackle crimes such as transnational trafficking in persons, weapons, drugs, violence against women and children and new form of emerging crime.
