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Part One. Article 15 135United States of America (A/AC.254/L.192 and A/AC.254/5/Add.23)“Paragraph 1“Article 9“Jurisdiction“1. Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establishits jurisdiction over the offences established in articles 3, 4, 4 ter and 17 bis ofthis Convention when:“(a) The offence is committed within the territory of that State; or“(b) The offence is committed on board a vessel that is flying the flag of thatState or an aircraft that is registered under the laws of that State at the time theoffence is committed, where, under the domestic laws of that State, such vessel oraircraft would be considered also to be within its territorial jurisdiction.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.8)“Article 9 17“Jurisdiction“1. Each State Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establishits jurisdiction over the offences established in articles 3, 4, 4 ter and 17 bis ofthis Convention when: 18“(a) The offence is committed in the territory of that State; or“(b) The offence is committed on board a vessel that is flying the flag of thatState or an aircraft that is registered under the laws of that State at the time theoffence is committed. 19“2. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 2 of this Convention, a State Partymay also establish its jurisdiction over any such offence when:“(a) The offence is committed against a national of that State; 20“(b)The offence is committed by a national or a habitual resident 21 of that State; or17The text of this article was revised at the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad HocCommittee and was recommended by the Chairmen of those informal consultations to the Ad Hoc Committee for considerationat its ninth session.18At the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, the Islamic Republic of Iranand Pakistan suggested the inclusion of the words “subject to the fundamental principles of their legal system”.19At the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, the United States expresseda preference for a more flexible formulation of this paragraph in view of the broad scope of the draft convention (seeA/AC.254/L.192, as above).20Following extensive discussion at the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee,it was agreed to delete the reference to habitual residents from this subparagraph on the understanding that States shouldtake into consideration the need to extend possible protection that might stem from the establishment of jurisdiction to statelesspersons who might be habitual or permanent residents in their countries.21At the informal consultations held during the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, several delegations suggestedthat reference to habitual residents should be deleted.