UNAFEI WORK PROGRAMME FOR 1998

UNAFEI WORK PROGRAMMME FOR 1998
I. TRAINING
A. The 108th International Seminar
UNAFEI will hold the 108th International Seminar from 26 January to 27 February
1998. The Seminar will focus on the main theme, “Current Problems in the Combat ofOrganized Transnational Crime,” recognizing that the Tenth United Nations Congresson the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders will take up the issue as animportant theme. In light of the growing threat by organized transnational crime atboth national and international levels, the Seminar will examine the current situationof organized crime and legislation against such crime as well as the problems faced bycriminal justice agencies in the participating countries.
B. The 109th International Training Course
The 109th International Training Course will be held from 13 April to 3 July 1998
with the main theme of “Effective Treatment Measures for Prisoners to Facilitate Their
Re-integration into Society”. The smooth re-integration of discharged offenders into
society relies upon the establishment, proper implementation, and strengthening oftreatment programs within and without the prison walls. Thus, correctional treatmentin prisons, release systems, and treatment in the community must be designed tosupplement and complement each other in order to secure the re-integration of prisoners
into the community, as well as to benefit the community which will receive them after
release. Thus, in this Training Course, these issues will be discussed from the perspectiveof the participating countries in terms of the actual situation, problems andcountermeasures.
C. The 110th Internationl Training Course
The 110th International Training Course, “Effective Countermeasures against
Economic Crime and Computer Crime”, is scheduled to be held from 31 August to 20November 1998. Participants are expected to analyze the present situation of economic
crime and computer crime; explore overall strategies by criminal justice agencies
worldwide to the problems by said crimes; and deepen their understanding of the relevant
United Nations instruments.
II. TECHNICAL COOPERATION
A. Bangladesh-UNAFEI Joint Seminar
From 14 to 18 March 1998, the Bangladesh-UNAFEI Joint Seminar on Contemporary
Problems in the Criminal Justice System and Administration will be held in theBangladeshi capital city of Dhaka. The Government of the People’s Republic ofBangladesh through the Ministry of Home Affairs and UNAFEI will organize the Joint
Seminar.

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B. India-UNAFEI Joint Seminar
In December 1998, the India-UNAFEI Joint Seminar will be held in Delhi. The
Government of the Republic of India through the National Institute of Criminology andForensic Science of the Ministry of Home Affairs and UNAFEI will organize the Joint
Seminar.
C. Regional Training Programmes
1. Kenya
From July to October 1998, one UNAFEI professor will be dispatched to Kenya toassist the Children’s Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs and National Heritage
in a project to develop nationwide standards for the treatment of juvenile offenders.
2. Sixth Regional Training Course on Effective Countermeasures against
Drug Offences and the Advancement of Criminal Justice
Administration
In March 1998, one UNAFEI professor will travel to Thailand to assist the Royal
Thai Government and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) in organizing
the Sixth Regional Training Course on Effective Countermeasures against Drug Offences
and the Advancement of Criminal Justice Administration. Approximately 20 participantsfrom various Asia-Pacific countries will attend the two-week course and will discuss
drug-related issues identifying the actual problems in the participating countries.
Discussion topics in the Course will included the improvement of investigativetechniques, effective measures against money laundering, the implementation of theVienna Convention, international cooperation, and the treatment of drug offenders.
III. OTHER ACTIVITIES INTERREGIONAL GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTMEETING ON “INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF COMPUTERNETWORK CRIME”
UNAFEI will organize and host the interregional governmental expert meeting on“Investigation and Prosecution of Computer Network Crime” in October 1998 during
the 110th International Training Course. This expert meeting will be convened inpreparation for the Workshop on “Crimes Related to the Computer Network” of theTenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment ofOffenders. UNAFEI willingly assumed this responsibility in response to a request madeduring the Twelfth Co-ordination Meeting of the United Nations Crime Prevention andCriminal Justice Programme Network held in Courmayeur, Italy in 1997.

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