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248 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“2. States Parties shall consider developing and sharing analytical expertiseconcerning organized criminal activities with each other and through international andregional organizations. For this purpose, common definitions, standards and methodologiesshould be developed and applied as appropriate.“3. Each State Party shall consider monitoring its policies and actual measuresto combat organized crime and making assessments of their effectiveness andefficiency.”Notes by the Secretariat3. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 20 (see the final text of the convention, as included in the report of the Ad HocCommittee (A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution, annex I), that was submitted to the GeneralAssembly for adoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999).B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 28Collection, exchange and analysis of informationon the nature of organized crime1. Each State Party shall consider analysing, in consultation with the scientificand academic communities, trends in organized crime in its territory, thecircumstances in which organized crime operates, as well as the professionalgroups and technologies involved.2. States Parties shall consider developing and sharing analytical expertiseconcerning organized criminal activities with each other and through internationaland regional organizations. For that purpose, common definitions, standardsand methodologies should be developed and applied as appropriate.3. Each State Party shall consider monitoring its policies and actual measuresto combat organized crime and making assessments of their effectiveness andefficiency.C. Interpretative noteThe interpretative note on article 28 of the convention approved by the AdHoc Committee and contained in its report on the work of its first to eleventhsessions (see A/55/383/Add.1, para. 53) is as follows:Paragraph 2The mention of international and regional organizations is intended to referto all relevant organizations, including the International Criminal PoliceOrganization (Interpol), the Customs Cooperation Council (also called the WorldCustoms Organization) and the European Police Office (Europol).