E - Strengthening the international legal framework for international cooperation to prevent and combat illicit

In the resolution, the Commission further invited Member States that are parties to the Organized Crime Convention to provide the United Nations Office and Drugs and Crime with information on the use of the Convention as an international legal instrument to address illicit trafficking in wildlife, taking into account relevant resolutions in this regard, inter alia, Conference of the Parties to the. [...] Given the breadth of the offences covered by UNTOC, improving the implementation and use of the UNTOC to investigate and prosecute activities related to the illegal wildlife trade where these activities meet the definitions of the Convention should be encouraged. [...] Given the interconnectivity of the illegal wildlife trade, transnational organized crime and corruption, UNCAC may be a useful supporting tool in combating the illegal wildlife trade to the extent corruption is involved in the commission of wildlife crime and it is not covered by the UNTOC. [...] Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Considering the situation of illegal wildlife trafficking in the Republic of Korea and the implementation of international laws in the Republic of Korea, there do not seem to be any noticeable gaps. [...] The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (with the additional Protocol on the Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Persons, in particular Women and Children, and the Additional Protocol against the Illicit Smuggling of Migrants by Land and the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts, Components and Ammuni.