accordance with the Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Who Have Been Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released." 31/ 31/ A/CONF.144/IPM.5. Decision 11/109. Basiç principles qn the, rftle. р Ц дУхегз* At its 11th meeting, on 16 February 1990, the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, having considered the proposed basic principles on the role of lawyers (E/AC.57/1990/5/Add.5, draft resolution II), decided to recommend that the Economic and Social Council transmit to the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders the following draft resolution for action under item 7 (topic V) of its provisional agenda: "Ba§ic_Principles on the . Role . pf Lawyers "The Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and_.the Treatment of Offenders, "Recalling the Milan Plan of Action, ¿8/ adopted by the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 40/32 of 29 November 1985, "Recalling also resolution 18 of the Seventh Congress, 89/ in which the Congress recommended that Member States provide for the protection of practising lawyers against undue restrictions and pressures in the exercise of their functions, "Taking note with appreciation of the work accomplished, in pursuance of Seventh Congress resolution 18, by the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, by the interregional preparatory meeting for the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders on United Nations norms and guidelines in crime prevention and criminal justice and implementation and priorities for further standard setting, 55/ and by the regional preparatory meetings for the Eighth Congress, "1. Adopts the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers contained in the annex to the present resolution; "2. Recommends the Basic Principles for national, regional and 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to international law and human rights, specifically addressing the role of lawyers in the criminal justice system. It discusses the adoption of basic principles on the role of lawyers and the protection of lawyers against undue restrictions and pressures.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations