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Part One. Article 30 259“[(d) States Parties shall also consider, in accordance with their domestic legislationand the provisions of this Convention, contributing to the aforementionedaccount a percentage of the money or of the corresponding value of illicit assets confiscatedin accordance with the provisions of this Convention];“(e) To encourage and persuade other States and financial institutions as appropriateto join them in efforts under this article, in particular by providing more trainingprogrammes and modern equipment to developing countries in order to assistthem in achieving the objectives of this Convention. 4“3. To the extent possible, these measures shall be without prejudice to existingforeign assistance commitments or to other financial cooperation arrangements atthe bilateral, regional or international level.“4. States Parties may conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements on materialand logistical assistance, taking into consideration the financial arrangements necessaryfor the means of international cooperation provided for by the presentConvention to be effective and for the prevention and control of transnational organizedcrime.”Notes by the Secretariat2. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 21 bis, as amended. It was decided that subparagraphs 2 (c) and (d) should bemerged and that the wording “may give special consideration” should be used in formersubparagraph 2 (d), as proposed by Brazil. The last amendments are reflected in the finaltext 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 adoptionpursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 30Other measures: implementation of the Convention througheconomic development and technical assistance1. States Parties shall take measures conducive to the optimal implementationof this Convention to the extent possible, through international cooperation,taking into account the negative effects of organized crime on society in general,in particular on sustainable development.2. States Parties shall make concrete efforts to the extent possible and incoordination with each other, as well as with international and regional organizations:(a) To enhance their cooperation at various levels with developing countries,with a view to strengthening the capacity of the latter to prevent and combattransnational organized crime;4Cameroon expressed the view that the issue covered by this paragraph should be dealt with in article 7 ter and referredto a proposal that Cameroon had made at the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee together with South Africa.