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302 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.6)“Article 24“Relation with other conventions“1. This Convention does not affect the rights and undertakings derived frominternational multilateral conventions concerning [special matters]. 11“2. States Parties to the Convention may conclude bilateral or multilateralagreements with one another on the matters dealt with in this Convention, for purposesof supplementing or strengthening its provisions or facilitating the applicationof the principles embodied in it.“3. If two or more Parties have already concluded an agreement or treaty inrespect of a subject that is dealt with in this Convention or otherwise have establishedtheir relations in respect to that subject, they shall be entitled to apply thatagreement or treaty or to regulate those relations accordingly, in lieu of the presentConvention, [if it facilitates international cooperation]. 12“4. States Parties may conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangementsfor the application of one or more provisions of this Convention to other formsof criminal behaviour.“[5. No provision of this Convention shall be construed as preventing the StatesParties from engaging in mutual cooperation within the framework of other internationalagreements, whether bilateral or multilateral, currently in force or concludedin the future, or pursuant to any other applicable arrangement or practice.]” 13Ninth session: 5-16 June 2000Notes by the Secretariat7. The version of article 24 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).11It was considered that this term was vague and should be replaced with an appropriate one.12At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, many delegations felt that this phrase implied a value judgement,but that the text was silent as to who should make that judgement. It was therefore proposed that a better formulation shouldbe found.13This paragraph appeared as option 3 of article 24 in the text of the draft convention contained in documentA/AC.254/4/Rev.5. It was retained at the request of the United States of America for further consideration. Japan requestedthat option 1 of article 24 of the text contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.5 should also be retained. Option 1 providedas follows: “This Convention shall not prejudice the application of other United Nations conventions on criminalmatters.”