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30 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“(a) The offences established in accordance with articles 3, 4, 4 ter and 17 bisof this Convention; and“(b) Serious offences as defined in article 2 bis of this Convention;where the offence is transnational in nature and involves an organized criminalgroup.“2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, an offence is transnational in nature if:“(a) It is committed in more than one State; or“(b) It is committed in one State but a substantial part of its preparation, planning,direction or control takes place in a different State.“3. States Parties shall carry out their obligations under this Convention in amanner consistent with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity ofStates and that of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other States.“4. Nothing in this Convention entitles a State Party to undertake in the territoryof another State the exercise of jurisdiction and performance of functions thatare reserved exclusively for the authorities of that other State by its domestic law.”Tenth session: 17-28 July 2000Notes by the Secretariat4. Delegations based their comments on the text of article 2 of the revised draft conventioncontained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.9 and Corr.1, which was the same as thatcontained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.8. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committeeconsidered, finalized and approved article 2, as last amended. Paragraphs 3 and 4 weretransferred to a new separate article (article 4). Furthermore, it was decided that two additionalsubparagraphs should be placed in paragraph 2 on the basis of a proposal submittedby the United States. The text of that proposal was as follows.United States of America (A/AC.254/L.216)“Article 2“1. Amend paragraph 2 to read as follows:‘2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, an offence is transnational in nature if:‘(a) [...]‘(b) [...]‘(c) It is committed in one State, but involves an organized criminal group thatoperates or has members in more than one State;‘(d) It is committed in one State but with effects or intended effects inanother State.’”