"12. Invites, therefore. Member States to make earmarked voluntary contributions to these funds for this purpose; "13. Invites also relevant non-governmental and other professional organizations, as well as the scientific community, to support the organization of this workshop substantially, financially and logistically; "14. Invites Governments to consider using increasingly the provision to transfer foreign prisoners to their country of normal residence to serve their sentence; "15. Invites Governments to explore, at the Eighth United Nations Congress, the possibility of a new convention permitting the transfer of the supervision of foreign offenders conditionally sentenced, conditionally released or sentenced to a non-custodial sanction." 69. At the 12th meeting, on 16 February, M. Shikita (Japan) made a statement in which he informed the Committee of the revisions agreed upon during the informal consultations held on the draft resolution. The revised draft resolution read as follows: "A "THE CUSTODIAL AND NON-CUSTODIAL TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS "The _Eiqht:hJnit_ed_ Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the "Bearing in mind the important role of the United Nations in the field of criminal justice through the medium of the quinquennial Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, "Recalling the Final Act adopted at Helsinki in 1975 by the participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Concluding Document adopted by those States in 1989 at the follow-up Vienna Meeting 1986 of Representatives of the Participating States of the Conference, in which those States expressed their intention to strengthen co-operation, inter alia, in the areas of security and justice and the observance of human rights, "Bearing in mind that the reports of the regional preparatory meetings for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders encourage the continuous elaboration of strategies for 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international cooperation and governance in the field of criminal justice, specifically the treatment of offenders and the prevention of crime. It mentions the United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, regional preparatory meetings, and the involvement of governments, non-governmental organizations, and the scientific community. These themes suggest that the text is related to international cooperation and governance, which is often linked to the category of "Humanitarian aid and relief".

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief