ICPO-Interpol - General Assembly 69th Session - Rhodes - 30th October-4th November 2000

HAVING EXAMINED Report AGN/69/RAP/3 entitled "Development of a Strategic Criminal Intelligence Analysis Capability at the Interpol General Secretariat",

AGREEING on the importance for Interpol, and international law enforcement in general, of an improved capacity to understand and predict societal change and evolving crime patterns, to be able to fight transnational organized crime in an effective manner,

BEARING IN MIND the recommendations on an improved analytical capability at the General Secretariat in the Final Report of the Interpol Strategic Development Plan,

APPRECIATING the work done by the analytical unit established at the General Secretariat since 1993, and its role in furthering expertise in the field of operational criminal intelligence analysis in Member States,

HOPING that the General Secretariat will play a similar role in the field of strategic criminal intelligence analysis,

The Interpol General Assembly, meeting in Rhodes, from 30th October to 4th November 2000 at its 69th Session:

RECOGNIZES the importance of strategic criminal intelligence analysis if Interpol is to be able to anticipate, control and prevent the activities of transnational organized crime, in a world characterized by constant change;

RECOMMENDS that the General Secretariat establish a comprehensive strategic criminal intelligence analysis capability, to facilitate better prioritization of identified crime problems and earlier detection of emerging issues of potential significance to international law enforcement, to the benefit of both the General Secretariat and Member States;

URGES Member States to provide information sought by the General Secretariat for the purpose of producing strategic analytical products, such as an annual Global Threat Assessment of Transnational Organized Crime, in a structured and timely manner;

ASKS Member States with trained and experienced strategic intelligence analysts, to consider secondment of such personnel to the General Secretariat;

ENCOURAGES Member States which do not already have a specialized strategic criminal intelligence analysis capability, to consider establishing such a capability;

INVITES Member States already experienced in the field of strategic criminal intelligence analysis, to work together with the General Secretariat to develop methodology and guidelines as well as training opportunities in the field of strategic intelligence analysis for analysts in Member States.