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336 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“Option 2“Purpose“1. The purpose of this Protocol is the prevention, suppression and punishmentof international trafficking in persons, especially women and children.“2. To that end, States Parties undertake:“(a) To adopt effective measures, in accordance with their domestic law, to preventtrafficking in persons, especially women and children, as defined in this Protocol,and to punish severely those who engage in that activity;“(b) To ensure the protection of women and children, in accordance with theirbest interests;“(c) To adopt relevant penal and administrative provisions for the purpose ofpreventing, suppressing and punishing international trafficking in persons, especiallywomen and children;“(d) To establish a system of judicial cooperation between States Parties thatwill facilitate the prosecution of unlawful acts connected with international traffickingin persons, especially women and children;“(e) To inform and educate the public about the causes and consequences oftrafficking in persons;“(f) To prevent any type of penalty being imposed on persons, especiallywomen and children, who are victims of international trafficking; and“(g) To abolish progressively those practices which allow a husband, family orclan to order the transfer of a woman to another person for payment or otherwise forthe benefit of an international criminal organization.”Seventh session: 17-28 February 2000Notes by the Secretariat4. Delegations based their comments on the text of article 1 of the revised draft protocolcontained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5, which was the same as that containedin document A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.4.Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.6)“I.Purpose, scope and criminal sanctions“Article 1“Purpose 16“The purpose of this Protocol is to prevent and combat [international] 17 traffickingin persons, paying particular attention to the protection of women and children,16At the informal consultations held during the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, there was general agreementon adopting this new text as a basis for discussion and on deleting options 1 and 2 of this article contained in theprevious text (see A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5) of the draft protocol. Some delegations suggested reversing the order of thesentence, moving the words “promotion and facilitation of cooperation” to the beginning.17At the informal consultations held during the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, discussion of whether toinclude the word “international” was deferred pending finalization of the corresponding provisions in the draft convention.