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394 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime2. At the informal consultations held during the fifth session of the Ad HocCommittee, it was suggested that the proposal of China (A/AC.254/L.52) for an article 7bis, entitled “Measures to eliminate trafficking in women and children [persons]” could beconsidered in the context of the present article, which was incorporated as article 10 inthe restructured version of the draft protocol proposed by Belgium, Poland and the UnitedStates (A/AC.254/5/Add.13).3. The version of this article contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.2 remainedunchanged in the intermediate drafts of the protocol (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Revs.3 and 4).Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.5)“Article 10 3“Prevention of trafficking in persons“1. States Parties shall [endeavour to] 4 establish comprehensive policies, programmesand other measures:“(a) To prevent and combat trafficking in persons; and“(b) To protect trafficked persons, especially women and children, from revictimization.“2. States Parties shall endeavour to undertake [, as appropriate,] 5 measuressuch as research, information and mass media campaigns and social and economicinitiatives to prevent [and combat] 6 trafficking in persons. 7“3. Policies, programmes and other measures taken in accordance with thisarticle should include cooperation with non-governmental organizations, other relevantorganizations 8 or other elements of civil society.”Notes by the Secretariat4. At the eighth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, the Office of the United NationsHigh Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International3At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, consensus was reached on adopting the text drafted by an informalworking group convened at the request of the Chairperson (A/AC.254/L.113) as the basis for further discussion of this article.Discussions on this text continued until the adjournment of the session and proposals up to that point are reflected inthe footnotes that follow.4At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, several delegations suggested deleting the square brackets. One delegationsuggested adding the words “to the extent possible” or “within available means”.5At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, one delegation suggested deleting the words “as appropriate”.6At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, several delegations suggested that the words “and combat” shouldbe added in order to be consistent with subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1.7At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, Switzerland suggested that this paragraph should also refer to protectingtrafficked persons from revictimization in order to be consistent with subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 1.Switzerland also suggested expanding the title accordingly.8At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, several delegations expressed the view that the words “other relevantorganizations” should be clarified.