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Part One. Article 37 299Notes by the Secretariat3. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized andapproved article 26 bis, as amended. 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 foradoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 37Relation with protocols1. This Convention may be supplemented by one or more protocols.2. In order to become a Party to a protocol, a State or a regional economicintegration organization must also be a Party to this Convention.3. A State Party to this Convention is not bound by a protocol unless itbecomes a Party to the protocol in accordance with the provisions thereof.4. Any protocol to this Convention shall be interpreted together with thisConvention, taking into account the purpose of that protocol.Notes by the Secretariat4. A separate article on the relation of the convention “with other conventions” wasalso discussed in the context of the negotiation process up to the tenth session of the AdHoc Committee and was included in the corresponding drafts of the convention (as article24). Finally, at the tenth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, it was decided that this articleshould be deleted. However, the objective of the present publication is to provide a completepicture of the negotiations on the content of the convention, irrespective of which provisionswere finally included in the approved text. For this reason, it has been consideredappropriate to include the following presentation of the relevant drafts of article 24 and thediscussions on its content that took place before the decision was made to delete the article.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4)“Option 1First session: 19-29 January 1999“Article 24“Relation with other conventions“This Convention shall not prejudice the application of other United Nationsconventions on criminal matters. 55It was observed that this article might also have to address the relationship with bilateral and regional treaties.