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82 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“Paragraph 4“10. It was agreed that it would be best to postpone consideration of paragraph4 until the outcome of the consideration of article 3 of the draft convention was clear.“Paragraph 4 bis“11. On paragraph 4 bis, it was felt that the text should be placed in squarebrackets until the Ad Hoc Committee had reached a decision on the possible separateinstrument against corruption, pursuant to action to be taken by the GeneralAssembly on the draft resolution contained in document A/C.3/54/L.6.“Paragraph 5“12. It was agreed that placement of paragraph 5 should be decided upon, as itdealt with issues that were not directly related to criminalization. Regarding paragraph5 (b), the United States undertook to propose a formulation that would meetall concerns.“Paragraph 6“13. Discussion on paragraph 6 was based on the proposal submitted by Japan(A/AC.254/L.111). It was felt that agreement might lie in trying to achieve a broaddefinition, while maintaining a key role for domestic law.”South Africa (A/AC.254/L.121)South Africa proposed that the following new paragraph should follow paragraph2 of article 4 ter:“[...] For the purpose of implementing or applying paragraph 2 of this article,knowledge or intent as an element of an offence set forth in that paragraph may beinferred from objective factual circumstances.”United States of America (A/AC.254/L.125) [See also article 9 of the Convention]The United States proposed that paragraph 5 of article 4 ter should be deleted andreplaced with the following new article:“Article [...]“Other measures against corruption“1. In addition to the measures set forth in article 4 ter of this Convention,each State Party shall, to the extent appropriate and consistent with its legal system,adopt legislative, administrative or other effective measures to promote integrity andto prevent, detect and punish corruption of public officials.“2. Each State Party shall take measures to ensure effective action by its authoritiesin the prevention, detection and punishment of corruption of public officials,including by providing such authorities with sufficient independence to deter inappropriateinfluence on their actions.”