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Part Two. Deleted articles 445Second session: 8-12 March 1999Argentina and United States of America (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.1)“Article 13“Cooperation with non-States Parties“States Parties [shall] 3 [are encouraged to] 4 cooperate with non-States Parties toprevent and punish trafficking in [women and children] [persons] and to protect andcare for victims of such trafficking. To that end, the appropriate authorities of eachState Party [shall] 3 [are encouraged to] 4 notify the appropriate authorities of a non-State Party whenever a victim of trafficking who is a national of the non-State Partyis in the territory of the State Party.”Rolling text (A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.2)“Article 13“Cooperation with non-States Parties“States Parties [shall] [are encouraged to] cooperate with non-States Parties toprevent and punish trafficking in persons and to protect and care for victims of suchtrafficking. To that end, the appropriate authorities of each State Party [shall] [areencouraged to] notify the appropriate authorities of a non-State Party whenever a victimof such trafficking who is a national of the non-State Party is in the territory ofthe State Party.”Notes by the Secretariat3. At the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, the Special Rapporteur on violenceagainst women, its causes and consequences submitted a position paper(A/AC.254/CRP.13), in which it was proposed that the wording “shall” rather than “areencouraged to”, as well as the term “competent” rather than “appropriate” [authorities]should be used. It was also argued that the use of the phrase “in the jurisdiction of” insteadof the phrase “in the territory of” would provide more comprehensive protection oftrafficked women, including those on States parties’ embassy grounds that are locatedwithin the territory of non-States parties.4. At the informal consultations held during the fifth session of the Ad HocCommittee, a restructured version of the draft protocol was submitted by Belgium, Polandand the United States (A/AC.254/5/Add.13), in which this article was incorporated asarticle 11.5. 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).3The language in square brackets was proposed in document A/AC.254/8.4The language in square brackets was proposed in document A/AC.254/4/Add.3.