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Article 33.SecretariatRolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.1)A. Negotiation textsFirst session: 19-29 January 1999“Article 23 bis 1, 2“Secretariat“1. The Centre for International Crime Prevention of the Secretariat of theUnited Nations shall act as the secretariat of the Convention.“2. The functions of the secretariat shall be:“(a) To make arrangements for sessions of the Conference of the Parties to theConvention and to provide services for those sessions as required;“(b) To compile and submit reports to the Conference;“(c) To facilitate assistance to the Parties, particularly developing countryParties, on request, in the compilation and communication of information required inaccordance with the provisions of the Convention;“(d) To prepare reports on its activities and present them to the Conference;“(e) To ensure the necessary coordination with the secretariats of other relevantinternational bodies;“(f) To assist States Parties, upon request, in analysing patterns and trends intransnational organized crime;“(g) To set up a database of best practices developed by States Parties for theprevention of transnational organized crime;“(h) To establish a network of contact persons from States Parties and, whereappropriate, to facilitate the organization of meetings for the contact persons;“(i) To promote and facilitate the organization of seminars and conferences forother national experts on the prevention of transnational organized crime;“(j) To promote or facilitate the development by States Parties of internationalpilot projects and, where appropriate, to evaluate the pilot projects.” 31In the context of the proposal submitted by Austria for the establishment of a conference of the parties to the convention(see under article 32 of the convention), the inclusion of a new article 23 bis in the draft convention was also proposed,to deal with issues relating to the secretariat of that conference.2It was noted that the role proposed for the Centre for International Crime Prevention would have significant budgetaryimplications and would require careful consideration.3Subparagraphs 2 (f) to (j) of this article were based on the version of article 22 proposed by the Netherlands (seeA/AC.254/L.3).279