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Doha, 18 April 2015 (UN Information Service) - The head of the UN office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov, is calling for consumers to be aware of the interplay between supply and demand, and crime: " Many crimes are demand-driven. Wildlife, timber, cultural property, counterfeit goods, and others, are trafficked thanks to the appetite for these goods." Read the Executive Director's statement in Arabic here.
The Doha Declaration, adopted at the 13th UN Crime Congress, seeks to encourage greater public participation in crime prevention and criminal justice. This was the subject of today's discussions at the Congress while the reports from Committee I and Committee II were adopted in their respective meetings. You can see the archived webcast here.
Many young people have been working to support the 13 th UN Crime Congress in Doha. UN Radio interviewed some of them, speaking in a variety of languages, and you can find out what they think of the experience in our video The Voice of the Youth.
The closure of the Crime Congress takes place tomorrow, Sunday 19 th April, starting at 11.30 a.m. You can follow the event on the live webcast and you can find all archived videos available here. More information about the last day's events at the Crime Congress is in the media advisory here in Arabic and English.
As children are susceptible to violence when they come into contact with the justice system, UN agencies at the UN Crime Congress in Doha stressed that this violence has a devastating effect on the individual child, on families and on society as a whole. The agencies urged Member States to implement the new international standards on the elimination of violence against children. Read more in French.
Equal access to justice, the nexus between crime and development, the Secretary-General addressing the opening and the Doha Declaration have been some of the stories covered by the UN News Centre this week. If you missed any of them you can find a photo story with links to them all here.
There are also radio interviews on trafficking in cultural property with Professor Duncan Chappell of the University of Sydney and with retired prison governor, Patrick Fox on the importance of developing a counter narrative to the extremists.
The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, Christopf Heyns spoke to UN Radio about police reform and when and how the police can use force. Listen in English and Arabic.
Broadcast quality video of stories from the Crime Congress is available for journalists to use, covering a range of subjects including violent extremism, trafficking in cultural property and human trafficking.
Read more about efforts to tame cybercrime and create a safer digital world in Arabic and English.
For further background information in all six UN official languages on some of the key crimes discussed at the Crime Congress this week, including human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, corruption, cybercrime and wildlife crime see here in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
