VIENNA: UN COMMISSION FOR CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN SESSION

VIENNA, May 11 (Hina) - The 13th session of the UN Commission for the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice started in Vienna on Tuesday.#L# The session is also attended by Croatia's delegation led by Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt. The main topic of this year's session is "the Rule Of Law and Development: Contribution to Implementation Activities in the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as well as Post-Conflict Reconstruction". The session will also focus on the re-establishment of criminal justice in post-war areas as a necessary measure in the struggle against people trafficking and drug smuggling. The Commission will talk about how to strengthen the rule of law in developing countries and countries in transition as well as those facing post-conflict situations. The executive director of the UN office for combating crime and drug abuse, Antonio Maria Costa, greeted the present and said progress in prevention of all forms of crime could be achieved through the implementation of international documents, notably the UN convention against transnational organised crime and other protocols and conventions. Croatia has ratified the UN convention against transnational crime and two protocols. It is also a signatory to the UN Convention against corruption. Croatian Minister Skare-Ozbolt is scheduled to speak at the plenary session and later today she is to meet the general director of the UN Office in Vienna (UNOV), as well as Antonio Maria Costa. The session will end on May 20. (Hina) it