Anton Millner: "Die Gefangenenseelsorge" - Studia Theologica Budapestinensia 1. (1990)
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Procedure 9 The Secretary-General shall ensure the widest possible reference to and use of the text of the Standard Minimum Rules by the United nations in all its relevant programmes, including technical co-operation activities. Commentary: It should be ensured that all relevant United Nations bodies include or make reference to the Rules and the implementing procedures, thus contributing to wider dissemination and increasing the awareness of specialized agencies, governmental, intergovernmental and nongovernmental bodies and the general public of the Rules and of the commitment of the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly to their implementation. The extent to which the Rules have any practical effect on correctional administrations depends to a great extent on the measures through which they permeate local legislative and administrative practices. They should be known and understood by a wide range of professionals and non-professionals throughout the world. Therefore, there is a great need for more publicity in any form, which could also be attained by frequent references to the Rules, accompanied by public information campaigns. Procedure 10 As part of its technical cooperation and develpment programmes the United Nations shall: (a) Aid Governments, at their request, in setting up and strengthening comprehensive and humane correctional systems; (b) Make available to Governments requesting them the services of experts and regional and interregional advisers on crime prevention and criminal justice; (c) Promote national and regional seminars and other meetings at the professional and non-professional levels to further the dissemination of the Standard Minimum Rules and the present implementing procedures; (d) Strengthen substantive support of regional research and training institutes in crime prevention and criminal justice that are associated with the United Nations. The United Nations regional research and training institutes in crime prevention and criminal justice, in co-operation with national institutions, shall develop curricula and training materials, based on the Standard Minimum Rules and the present implementing 190
