8 March 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Nikola Selakovic said today that the fight against all forms
of crime was a top priority of the Serbian Government and an integral part of the EU accession
process.
"It is also our moral duty, in order to leave a better world for the generations to come", Selakovic
said participating via video-link at the 14th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice, held in Kyoto.    
Minister Selakovic emphasized that Serbia, in its Second Serious and Organized Crime Threat
Assessment   from   2019,   identified   as   its   goal   to   eliminate   cybercrime,   human   trafficking,
terrorism and irregular migration.
The Serbian Foreign Minister pointed out that our country had established in a timely manner a
normative and institutional framework that regulates prevention of abuse in this area, as well as
that the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Cybercrime, a special court department and a special
police unit were established. 

The Minister underlined that, in the field of the fight against corruption, Serbia was guided by
the postulates set out in the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the UN
Convention against Corruption.
Selakovic pointed out the efforts made by the Anti-Corruption Agency, as an independent state
body,   to   protect   the   public   interest,   build   individual   and   institutional   integrity,   strengthen
transparency and accountability of the public administration.
"We strongly condemn all forms of terrorism, including extremism and radicalism, and call for
them to be fully eradicated, while implementing the relevant UN resolutions and conventions and
the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy", the Head of Serbian diplomacy underscored. 
In order to combat these complex phenomena efficiently and successfully, Selakovic said, it was
of vital importance to build capacities of our societies and states, while exchanging experiences
at the regional and global levels.
Minister Selakovic thanked Japanese Ambassador Hikihara for the skill he showed in conducting
the talks on harmonizing and adopting the Kyoto Declaration, which, as he stressed, was an
important indicator of the commitment to creating and maintaining the institutional framework
for crime prevention as one of the main preconditions for promoting sustainable development
goals.
"Back in 1970 when Japan hosted this event for the first time, we demonstrated strong political
will to draw attention to the problem. Today, it is incumbent upon us to reaffirm this willingness
and resolve and translate it into concrete steps", the Serbian Foreign Minister said