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Article 8.Criminalization of corruptionNotes by the Secretariat1. This article traces back to General Assembly resolution 54/128 of 17 December1999, in which the General Assembly directed the Ad Hoc Committee to incorporate intothe draft convention measures against corruption linked to organized crime, including provisionsregarding the sanctioning of acts of corruption involving public officials.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.1)A. Negotiation textsSecond session: 8-12 March 1999“Article 4 ter“Measures against corruption 1“States Parties obligate themselves to take the following measures to effectivelycombat corruption and bribery [involving an organized criminal group]:“[An act of corruption in the public sphere committed within the framework oforganized crime in order to facilitate such criminal activities shall be considered anaggravating factor.]“[A State Party that has not yet adopted the legal measures necessary for considerationin its domestic law of an act of corruption as an aggravating factor, asreferred to in paragraph [...], shall do so.]“[List of measures to be inserted]”Fourth session: 28 June-9 July 1999Notes by the Secretariat2. The version of article 4 ter contained in document A/AC.254/Rev.1 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the convention A/AC.254/4/Rev.2 and 3.3. Two proposals submitted at the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee by France(A/AC.254/L.28) and the United States (A/AC.254/L.29) were consolidated, forming a newarticle 17 bis.1This article, which was not the subject of discussion at the first session of the Ad Hoc Committee, was a combinationof two proposals submitted independently of one another: a proposal submitted by the United States (A/AC.254/L.11)(the title, the first paragraph and the reference in square brackets at the end to the future insertion of measures) and a proposalsubmitted by Uruguay (the two full paragraphs in square brackets).75