The draft Plans of Action present an overview of the commitments and planned activities of Member States and the United Nations system in the area of crime prevention and criminal justice for the period 2001-2005. The Plans' primary focus is on the commitment of Member States, individually and collectively, to take effective measures against the crime problems set out in the Vienna Declaration and elsewhere. Each section has been divided into national actions and international actions, with emphasis on the former. Generally, matters set out as international actions involve commitments for the Center for International Crime Prevention of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention or other United Nations entities, while those described as national actions are matters for Member States. Commitments for United Nations entities that go beyond the core functions financed through regular budgets are contingent on the availability of adequate resources through voluntary contributions. The draft Plans call for action in the following areas: (1) transnational organized crime; (2) corruption; (3) trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants; (4) trafficking in firearms; (5) money laundering; (6) terrorism; (7) crime prevention; (8) victims, witnesses, and offenders; and (9) criminal misuse of information technologies. Notes