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264 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimeconduct for relevant professions, in particular lawyers, notaries public, tax consultantsand accountants;“(c) The prevention of the misuse by organized criminal groups of tender proceduresconducted by public authorities and of subsidies and licences granted bypublic authorities for commercial activity;“(d) The prevention of the misuse of legal persons by organized criminal groups;such measures could include:“(i) The establishment of public records on legal persons and naturalpersons involved in the establishment, management and funding of legalpersons;“(ii) The introduction of the possibility to disqualify by court order or anyappropriate means for a reasonable period of time persons convicted ofcriminal offences covered by this Convention from acting as directors oflegal persons incorporated in their jurisdiction;“(iii) The establishment of national records of persons disqualified fromacting as directors of legal persons; and“(iv) The exchange of information contained in the records referred to insubparagraphs (d) (i) and (iii) of this paragraph with competent authoritiesof other States Parties.“3. States Parties shall endeavour to promote the reintegration into society ofpersons convicted of criminal offences covered by this Convention.“4. Each State Party shall endeavour to evaluate periodically existing relevantlegal instruments and administrative practices with a view to detecting their vulnerabilityto abuse by organized criminal groups.“5. States Parties shall endeavour to promote public awareness regarding the existence,causes and gravity of and the threat posed by transnational organized crime. Informationmay be disseminated where appropriate through the mass media and shall includemeasures to promote public participation in preventing and combating such crime.“6. Each State Party shall inform the Secretary-General of the name andaddress of the authority or authorities 14 that can assist other States Parties in developingmeasures to prevent transnational organized crime.“7. States Parties shall, as appropriate, collaborate with each other and relevantinternational organizations in promoting and developing the measures referredto in this article, including by participating in international projects aimed at the preventionof transnational organized crime.” 15Ninth session: 5-16 June 2000Notes by the Secretariat3. The version of article 22 contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.6 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the convention (A/AC.254/4/Revs.7 and 8).14At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Spain suggested that the reference should be to a central authorityor authorities.15At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Colombia proposed that the following sentence should be added atthe end of paragraph 7: “They shall also, as far as their means allow, allocate resources for the alleviation of the circumstancesthat render socially marginalized groups vulnerable to the action of transnational organized crime.”