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Fight against all forms of crime priority for government of Serbia

Belgrade, 8 March 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic said today that the fight against all forms of crime is at the top of the priorities of the government of Serbia and an indispensable segment of the EU accession process.

Participating in the video link at the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which is being held in Kyoto, Selakovic pointed out that this is our moral obligation, in order to leave a better world behind us for generations.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasised that Serbia has set the goal of combating high-tech crime, human trafficking, terrorism and illegal migration in the "Second National Assessment of Threats from Serious and Organised Crime" from 2019.

He pointed out that our country has timely established the normative and institutional framework which regulated the prevention of abuse in that area, as well as that the Special Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime, a special court department and a special police unit have been established.

As Selakovic emphasised, Serbia is guided by the postulates of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Convention against Corruption in the fight against corruption.

The head of Serbian diplomacy singled out the efforts of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, as an independent state body, in protecting the public interest, building individual and institutional integrity, strengthening transparency and accountability of public administration.

We strongly condemn all forms of terrorism, including extremism and radicalism, and we advocate their complete eradication, implementing the relevant UN resolutions and conventions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, the head of Serbian diplomacy pointed out.

According to him, for the efficient and successful fight against these complex phenomena, it is crucial to build the capacity of our societies and states, with the exchange of experiences at the regional and global level.

Selakovic thanked the Japanese Ambassador Hikihari for the skill of conducting negotiations on the harmonisation of the Kyoto Declaration and its adoption, which is an important indicator of commitment to creating and maintaining an institutional framework for crime prevention as one of the main preconditions for promoting sustainable development goals.

Back in 1970, when Japan hosted this gathering for the first time, we showed a strong political will to point out the problem. Today, we must reaffirm and concretize that will and determination with tangible moves, concluded the head of Serbian diplomacy.