The agreement on cooperation of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States in fight against crime

of November 25, 1998

The State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States on behalf of the governments, further - the Parties,

expressing concern in scales and tendencies of development of crime, especially in its organized forms,

proceeding from the aspiration to provide reliable protection against infringement of life and health, the rights and freedoms, honor and advantage of the person, interests of society and state,

attaching importance to international cooperation in the field of observance of the conventional human rights and freedoms,

proceeding from the principles of equality and mutually beneficial cooperation,

in view of provisions of documents of the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States accepted in the field of crime prevention and implementation of criminal justice

based on the Convention on legal assistance and legal relations on civil, family and criminal cases of January 22, 1993, and also the Interstate program of joint efforts of fight against the organized crime and other types of dangerous crimes in the territory of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States for the period till 2000 approved by the Decision of Council of heads of states of the Commonwealth of Independent States of May 17, 1996

agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The parties through the competent authorities perform cooperation in fight against crime, especially in its organized forms, according to provisions of this agreement and in case of observance of the legislation and the international obligations.

2. Competent authorities of the Parties are listed in appendix which is integral part of this agreement.

Each of the Parties through depositary notifies other Parties on modification of the list of the competent authorities.

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