A/69/489

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 105

Crime prevention and criminal justice

Report of the Third Committee

I. Introduction

1. At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 19 September 2014, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee, decided to include in the agenda of its sixty-ninth session the item entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice” and to allocate it to the Third Committee.

2. The Third Committee considered the item at its 5th, 6th, 7th, 15th, 26th, 42nd, 52nd and 54th meetings, on 9, 10, 16 and 23 October and on 6, 24 and 25 November 2014. At its 5th, 6th and 7th meetings, on 9 and 10 October, the Commite held a general discussion on the item jointly with item 106, entitled “International drug control”. An account of the Comitee’s discussion is contained in the relevant summary records (A/C.3/69/SR.5-7, 15, 26, 42, 52 and 54).