UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL …

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINSTTRANSNATIONAL organized crime AND THE PROTOCOLS THERETOV ienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: +(43) (1) 26060-0, Fax: +(43) (1) 26060-5866, in Austria September 2004 1,900 UNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIMEV iennaUNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINSTTRANSNATIONAL organized CRIMEAND THE PROTOCOLS THERETOUNITED NATIONSNew York, 2004iiiForewordWith the signing of the UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TransnationalOrganized crime in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000, the international com-munity demonstrated the political will to answer a global challenge with aglobal response. If crime crosses borders, so must law enforcement. If the rule oflaw is undermined not only in one country, but in many, then those whodefend it cannot limit themselves to purely national means.

Organized Crime decides otherwise, the account referred to in article 30 of the Convention will be operated within the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund, and encourages Member States to begin making adequate voluntary contributions to the above-mentioned account for the.

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