At the 8th Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the treatment of Offenders (held in Havana, Cuba, 27 August - 7 September 1990), the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution dealing with computer crime legislation. Based on its Resolution 45/121 (1990) (http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/45/a45r121.htm), the Untied Nations published the Manual in 1994 on the prevention and control of computer-related crime.