The declaration was prepared for the April 2000 United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. Specific statements included a reaffirmation of the goals of the United Nations in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice and the responsibility of each country to establish and maintain a fair, responsible, ethical, and efficient criminal justice system in accordance with the principles of international law. Other statements focus on giving high priority to the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, regional assessments of countries’ needs related to ratifying and implementing this Convention, and incorporating crime prevention in national and international development strategies. Further statements focus on international cooperation, the inclusion of a gender perspective, efforts to address trafficking in human beings, and the development of action-oriented policy recommendations on the prevention and control of computer-related crime. Other statements focus on violence and terrorism, racial discrimination, bias-related violence, United Nations standards and norms, model treaties on international cooperation, situational crime prevention, pretrial detention, and victim services.