ations CONF 18775 Distr general United Nations Congress 15 December 1999 CPPMME on the Prevention of crim Original: english and the Treatment of offenders Vienna, 10-17 April 2000 Item 1 of the provisional agenda Opening of the congress The state of crime and criminal justice worldwide Report of the secretary-General Summary In its resolution 52/91 of 12 December 1997, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to prepare an overview of the state of crime and criminal justice worldwide for presentation at the opening of the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The present report contains a description of major crime trends and developments since the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held in Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995. In addition, it presents some criminal justice responses, both national and international, to those trends. Preliminary findings of the Sixth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems are presented, as well as the lobal Programme against Corruption, the Global Programme against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Global Study on Transnational Organized Crime A/CONF. 187/ 99-91014(E)* A/CONF.187/1. V.99-91014 (E) Summary In its resolution 52/91 of 12 December 1997, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to prepare an overview of the state of crime and criminal justice worldwide for presentation at the opening of the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The present report contains a description of major crime trends and developments since the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held in Cairo from 29 April to 8 May 1995. In addition, it presents some criminal justice responses, both national and international, to those trends. Preliminary findings of the Sixth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems are presented, as well as the Global Programme against Corruption, the Global Programme against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Global Study on Transnational Organized Crime. United Nations A/CONF.187/5 Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders Vienna, 10-17 April 2000 Distr.: General 15 December 1999 Original: English Item 1 of the provisional agenda* Opening of the Congress The state of crime and criminal justice worldwide Report of the Secretary-General