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210 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeFifth session: 4-15 October 1999Notes by the Secretariat1. The version of article 17 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.1 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the convention (A/AC.254/4/Revs.2-4).Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.5)“Article 17“Establishment of criminal record“Each State Party may take such legislative or other measures as may be necessaryto take into consideration, under such terms as it deems appropriate, the previousforeign conviction of an alleged offender in another country for the purpose ofusing such information in criminal proceedings relating to an offence covered by thisConvention to seek enhanced punishment or to establish the criminal history of suchoffender or for any other purpose that the State Party deems appropriate.”Seventh session: 17-28 January 2000Notes by the Secretariat2. Delegations based their comments on the text of article 17 of the revised draftconvention contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.6, which was the same as that containedin document A/AC.254/4/Rev.5.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.7)“Article 17 3“Establishment of criminal record“Each State Party may take such legislative or other measures as may be necessaryto take into consideration, under such terms as and for the purpose that itdeems appropriate, any previous conviction of an alleged offender in another countryfor the purpose of using such information in criminal proceedings relating to anoffence covered by this Convention.”3The text of this article was provisionally approved at the informal consultations held during the seventh session ofthe Ad Hoc Committee and was recommended by the Chairmen of the informal consultations as the basis for the considerationand approval of the article by the Ad Hoc Committee at its eighth session.