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260 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime(b) To enhance financial and material assistance to support the efforts ofdeveloping countries to fight transnational organized crime effectively and to helpthem implement this Convention successfully;(c) To provide technical assistance to developing countries and countrieswith economies in transition to assist them in meeting their needs for the implementationof this Convention. To that end, States Parties shall endeavour to makeadequate and regular voluntary contributions to an account specifically designatedfor that purpose in a United Nations funding mechanism. States Parties may alsogive special consideration, in accordance with their domestic law and the provisionsof this Convention, to contributing to the aforementioned account a percentageof the money or of the corresponding value of proceeds of crime orproperty confiscated in accordance with the provisions of this Convention;(d) To encourage and persuade other States and financial institutions asappropriate to join them in efforts in accordance with this article, in particular byproviding more training programmes and modern equipment to developing countriesin order to assist them in achieving the objectives of this Convention.3. To the extent possible, these measures shall be without prejudice toexisting foreign assistance commitments or to other financial cooperation arrangementsat the bilateral, regional or international level.4. States Parties may conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements orarrangements on material and logistical assistance, taking into consideration thefinancial arrangements necessary for the means of international cooperation providedfor by this Convention to be effective and for the prevention, detection andcontrol of transnational organized crime.