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550 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime‘The travaux préparatoires should indicate that nothing in article 15 of theProtocol should be interpreted as requiring any State Party to accept the returnof any person who has been the object of conduct described in article 4 of theProtocol before that State Party has verified that the person whose return issought by another State Party is one of its nationals.’”Recommendations of the informal working group on article 15 (A/AC.254/L.274)The informal working group proposed to continue work on article 15 on thebasis of the following text:“Article 15“Return of smuggled migrants“1. Each State Party agrees to facilitate and accept, without undue or unreasonabledelay, the return of a person who has been the object of conduct set forth inarticle 4 of this Protocol and who is a national of that State Party or who has theright of permanent residence in the territory of that State Party at the time of return.“[1 bis. Each State Party shall consider the possibility of facilitating and acceptingthe return of a person who had the right of permanent residence in the territoryof that State Party at the time of entry into the receiving State in accordance with itsdomestic law.]“2. At the request of the receiving State Party, the State Party concerned shall,without undue or unreasonable delay, verify whether a person who has been the objectof conduct set forth in article 4 of the Protocol is a national of the requested StateParty or has the right of permanent residence in the territory of the requested StateParty.“3. In order to facilitate the return of a person who has been the object of conductset forth in article 4 of the Protocol without proper documentation, the StateParty of which the person is a national or in the territory of which the person hasthe right of permanent residence shall agree to issue, at the request of the receivingState Party, such travel documents or other authorization as may be necessary toenable the person’s travel to and re-entry into its territory.“4. Each State Party involved with the return of a person who has been theobject of conduct set forth in article 4 of the Protocol shall take all appropriate measuresto carry out the return in an orderly manner and with due regard for the safetyand dignity of the person.“5. This article shall not affect the obligations entered into under any otherapplicable treaty, bilateral or multilateral, or any other applicable operational agreementor arrangement that governs, in whole or in part, the return of persons whohave been the subject of conduct set forth in article 4 of this Protocol.“6. States Parties may cooperate with relevant international organizationsregarding the implementation of this article.“7. The provisions of this article shall be without prejudice to any right affordedto the smuggled migrant by any domestic law of the receiving State.”