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Doha, 19 April 2015 (UN Information Service) - The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Yury Fedotov, speaking at the closing of the 13 th UN Crime Congress today, said the key task now was to turn the Doha Declaration into action. See the press release in Arabic or listen to it in Arabic. The Executive Director's closing remarks are available in English.
The President of the Congress, the Prime Minister of Qatar and Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, also spoke at the closing. Read more about the final day's events here in English and French.
Mr. Fedotov spoke to UN Radio and Television about the outcome of the Crime Congress. You can watch his interview in English and Russian or listen to it here in English and Russian.
UN TV and Radio also spoke in Arabic to Lulua Asaad, Associate Programme Officer (Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice) from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, about the achievements of the congress and what's expected during the next five years.
The Doha Declaration was adopted by the 13 th UN Crime Congress and you can read the full document in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Watch UN TV's video about 8 days in Doha which looks back at the key moments from the Crime Congress.
Crime and conflict are inextricably linked according to a researcher from the United Nations University (UNU). Senior Policy Adviser John de Boer spoke to UN Radio about this and how we need to stay ahead of criminals who can be 'great innovators'.
A UNODC Crime Prevention expert, Nicole Maric, spoke to the UN News Centre about combating drugs and illicit goods trafficking in containers and you can watch it here. The links between violence and development were the subject of an interview with the Research Director of the Small Arms Survey, Anna Alvazzi del Frate which is also on UN Web TV.
Violence against children continues to have a devastating effect on children, families, and society as a whole and at the Crime Congress Member States were urged to take action and implement the new international standards on the elimination of violence against children. Read more here.
Mr. Fedotov also spoke to the Congress about the tragedy in the Mediterranean where as many as 700 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized.
Photos from the Crime Congress are available on the website and can be downloaded and used from Flickr, please credit the photos: UN/DPI.
To see how the Doha Declaration is turned into action you can follow us on Twitter @crimecongress13, Facebook and Instagram.
All of the official meetings from the 13 th UN Crime Congress are available to watch in the webcast archive here and you can see catch up on a range of interviews on topics ranging from wildlife crime to trafficking in cultural property. The UN Crime Congress website, available in the six UN official languages also has the latest news and interviews from the events in Doha.
