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Part Five. General Assembly resolution 55/25 745of the Twenty-first Century, adopted by the Tenth United Nations Congress onthe Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held in Vienna from10 to 17 April 2000, 7 which recognized the threat posed by the growing linksbetween terrorist crimes and organized crime,“Acknowledging the need to apply the legal instruments designed to combatorganized crime in the context of international efforts to eliminate terrorism,”2. Egypt also proposed adding the following paragraph after operative paragraph2:“Calls upon all States to recognize the links between transnational organizedcriminal activities and acts of terrorism, and encourages States to apply the provisionsof this Convention in combating those two forms of illegal activity;”Amendments to the revised draft resolution (A/AC.254/L.224/Rev.1) submitted by theChairman (A/AC.254/L.234)1. After the sixth preambular paragraph, insert the following:“Noting with deep concern the growing links between transnational organizedcrime and terrorist crimes,“Determined to deny safe havens to those who engage in transnational organizedcrime by prosecuting their crimes wherever they occur and by cooperatingat the international level,“Strongly convinced that the United Nations Convention against TransnationalOrganized Crime will constitute an effective tool and the necessary legal frameworkfor international cooperation in combating, inter alia, such crimes as moneylaundering,corruption, illicit trafficking in endangered species of wild flora andfauna, offences against cultural heritage, [...],”2. Insert the following new operative paragraph before operative paragraph 1and renumber the subsequent operative paragraphs accordingly:“Recommends that the Ad Hoc Committee established by the General Assemblyin its resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, which is beginning its deliberationswith a view to the development of a comprehensive convention on internationalterrorism, pursuant to Assembly resolution 54/110 of 9 December 1999,should take into consideration the provisions of the United Nations Conventionagainst Transnational Organized Crime;”3. The following paragraph should be inserted in the travaux préparatoires:“During the negotiations of the United Nations Convention against TransnationalOrganized Crime, the Ad Hoc Committee noted with deep concern the growinglinks between transnational organized crime and terrorist crimes. All States participatingin the negotiations expressed their determination to deny safe havensto those who engaged in transnational organized crime by prosecuting their7See A/CONF.187/15.