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138 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“4. Each State Party may also take such measures as may be necessary toestablish its jurisdiction over the offences covered by this Convention when thealleged offender is present in its territory and it does not extradite him or her.“5. If the State exercising its jurisdiction under paragraph 1 or 2 of this articlehas been notified, or has otherwise learned, that one or more other States are conductingan investigation or carrying out criminal proceedings in respect of the sameconduct, the competent authorities of those States shall, as appropriate, consult oneanother with a view to coordinating their actions.“6. Without prejudice to norms of general international law, this Conventiondoes not exclude the exercise of any criminal jurisdiction established by a State Partyin accordance with its domestic law.[Paragraph 7 was deleted.]”Notes by the Secretariat3. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 9, as last amended. The inclusion in subparagraph 2 (b) of the phrase “or (by) astateless person who has his or her habitual residence in its territory” was proposed byBelgium and approved. The last amendments are reflected in the final text of the convention,as included in the report of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution,annex I), that was submitted to the General Assembly for adoption pursuant toresolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 15Jurisdiction1. Each State Party shall adopt such measures as may be necessary toestablish its jurisdiction over the offences established in accordance with articles5, 6, 8 and 23 of this Convention when:(a) The offence is committed in the territory of that State Party; or(b) The offence is committed on board a vessel that is flying the flag ofthat State Party or an aircraft that is registered under the laws of that State Partyat the time that the offence is committed.2. Subject to article 4 of this Convention, a State Party may also establishits jurisdiction over any such offence when:(a) The offence is committed against a national of that State Party;(b) The offence is committed by a national of that State Party or a statelessperson who has his or her habitual residence in its territory; or(c) The offence is:(i) One of those established in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1, ofthis Convention and is committed outside its territory with a view to thecommission of a serious crime within its territory;