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Article 29.Training and technical assistanceRolling text (A/AC.254/4)A. Negotiation textsFirst session: 19-29 January 1999“Article 21 1“Training and technical assistance“1. Each State Party shall, to the extent necessary, initiate, develop or improvea specific training programme for its law enforcement personnel, including prosecutors,investigating magistrates and customs personnel, and other personnel chargedwith the prevention and control of the offences covered by this Convention. Suchprogrammes may include secondments and exchanges. Such programmes shall deal,in particular, with the following: 2“(a) Methods used in the prevention, detection and control 3 of the offencesestablished in this Convention;“(b) Routes and techniques used by persons suspected of involvement inoffences established in this Convention, including in transit States, and appropriatecountermeasures;“(c) Monitoring of import and export of contraband;“(d) Detection and monitoring of the movements of proceeds and propertyderived from offences covered by this Convention, instrumentalities used in the commissionof such offences and methods used for the transfer, concealment or disguiseof such proceeds, property and instrumentalities, and other methods used in combatingmoney-laundering and other financial crimes;“(e) Collection of evidence;“(f) Control techniques in free trade zones and free ports;“(g) Modern law enforcement equipment and techniques, including electronicsurveillance, controlled deliveries and undercover operations; and“(h ) Methods used in combating transnational organized crime committedthrough the use of computers, telecommunications networks or other forms ofmodern technology.1Several delegations expressed concern about the fact that this article did not make reference to the role of the UnitedNations in the provision of training and technical assistance. A draft paragraph or paragraphs on this could be inserted.2It was suggested that the Ad Hoc Committee might wish to consider the establishment, subject to the availability ofextrabudgetary resources, of a database that would include training materials, as well as information concerning availabletraining programmes. It was also noted that this task could be carried out by an institute in the Crime Prevention and CriminalJustice Programme network of the United Nations.3One delegation expressed concern about the appropriateness of this term in this context.249